It's very odd, Jami, that you are the only one having those issues with getting your peeps to work. Are you saying that they never work, and never earn money?

I'm not sure whether it's a mistake or a feature, but it doesn't make sense to me:

They only work when I force them to repeatedly - even when I praise them/give them treats for working. Otherwise they're always walking away and doing other things, goofing off, and telling me "No" when I try to make them work. The only time they show interest in working is when they're in their 50s or when they have six kids.

As stated by Vampress in this thread Day Traders have a fluctuating salary, just as the stock market fluctuates

Thanks, Xay! Now it does make sense.

Jami, is this the only family that you have, or are you using multiple player slots? If you have more than one family, are they all like that?

I'm using all five and yes, they're all like that. Only the ones over 50 or whom have six kids will stay at their jobs more then two seconds.

They're also like this for home repairs. I have to constantly stay on top of them when doing walls and floors otherwise they will walk off to "clean kitchen counter" "warm feet" etc.

They will do that for the house repairs - that's working as intended. It is odd that your parents won't work. Would you mind keeping a log of their activities for about 15 minutes or so, and we can examine it to see what they're doing. Also, it would be helpful to see what their job is and their current career level.

Jobs vary - some are tech people, video game programmers, dress makers, candle makers, ketchup bottlers. I've got some couples that both work in the office and some where one's in the workshop, another in the kitchen, or one's in the kitchen and another in the office.

Like right now, family one, Akur, who's 30 and beginning programed is "fixing the computers" while his wife Pennesse, 28, novice magazine editor, is in the hammock. I've been trying to get them to have a baby with no luck. And then I try to put them to work and she wants to go work out and he wants to dust!

Edit: Finally got them to breed. Put him to work. A second later he was off calling the birds!

Family two: Bluff, tech guy, put him to work, a second later he's walking off to put away some shirts. Put him to work again and he wants to go get a drink. Meanwhile wife Sandrette is working on her candles. For how long I don't know. I should note however that they have 5 kids, working on #6, and like I said when they get to a certain point in age or kids then they're interested in sticking to their jobs. Otherwise forget about it.

Oh, she just walked off to get a drink too. And Bluff's off to check his weight. Neither of them earned any money first.

Family 3: Logic, male, video game designer. Camden, female, art critic. She's actually working. *Gasp* He's dusting. Again though, they have five kids. That does seem to make a difference, and they always work more then they have six. (I've gone through a few families already.) Edit: After an unsuccessful attempt for baby #6 I put them back to work. He wanted to wander off to admire his tools. Since he's hungry I decided to make him make a meal instead.