Unable to stop job progression.

[Dahni]

Using the "Slack off" style of work does not slow or reduce any of my Sims job progression enough to stop them getting promotions. I do my best to avoid building the skills required to progress but they still end up getting a promotion. I want to create a family who stay as the "underdogs" so to speak. Average house, average grades, average jobs, and so on. Too many of my sims end up at the top of their career before they reach adulthood due to my tendency to play on long lifespans.

I have Awesome Mod and I know I can use that to bump up the difficulty of job progression but if I install that feature, it'll stop progression for ALL of my Sims which is not what I want. I also know that I can use testingcheatsenabled to set job levels but I also don't want to have to do that every few Sim dayss.

I want to know if it's at all possible to stop/severely slow down job progression for a single Sim or family without it affecting the entire neighbourhood?

[coltraz]

You say you avoid relevant skill building. Have you also tried cultivating a poor relationship with the Sim's boss?

[Dahni]

You say you avoid relevant skill building. Have you also tried cultivating a poor relationship with the Sim's boss?

I haven't but the lower level careers my sims tend to be in generally don't have a requirement for a relationship with their boss. Unless it affects the progression regardless?

I've noticed that my Sims being stressed tends to bring their performance down. Seems I may have to use testingcheatsenabled and drag their Fun meters down before they go to work so they gain very little or lose job performance...

[coltraz]

Yes, if they go to work in sour moods and also neglect to get along with the boss, it SHOULD stunt their career progression quite effectively. I think having a good relationship with your boss makes for good progression even at level 1 jobs, as the option to suck up to one's boss is present immediately.