August 2022
I'm also having this issue but it's only if another sim is out as well. So, for example, Sim A will go to work and Sim B will stay home. I have Sim B go out to get coffee or to visit a friend. When Sim B returns home, Sim A will also return home from work even though they have a few more hours left on their shift. It happens every single time and it affects their work performance which is frustrating.
August 2022
Hello,
All my sims finish work early when one of my sims goes back home whilst they are working.
As soon as the charging screen is finished, all sims are in front of the house and cannot go back to work. This is leading to loss performance and money as they are not completing the full hours.
Typically happening with active carrer or active high school.
Thank you
August 2022
Here's when it's happened for me so far
-Returned from high school lot with one teen who stayed after school, the other teen left her part-time job too early to come home at the same time
-Traveled from home to another lot with two parents, their teen son left school too early and went home to their apartment at the same time.
August 2022
Product: The Sims 4
Platform: PC
Which language are you playing the game in? French (english is not my native language sorry for the mistakes).
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have a sim go to school, then have a different sim travel to another lot.
What happens when the bug occurs? I have two sims in my household in Moodwood Mill. I travelled to the bar in the same world with my older sim while the teenager was at school, I stayed for a while then got the pop up message "Jake came home from school" that I usually get at 15h00. I travelled back home then realised it was 13h00 and my sim should have still been in school.
What do you expect to see? Sims should stay at school until it ends unless I asked them to come home.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? No
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? It's definitely new so I'd say the last free update (I don't have High school years).
August 2022
I'm having the same issue and it is game breaking. Is there a workaround or are we going to have to wait for another update again?
August 2022 - last edited August 2022
Yeah, me, too, and it's INFURIATING.
For me, the issue is usually that there is often a club gathering going on (yes, I'm abusing club mechanics at home, sorry!) and I go into CAS--for example, if I have a stylist in the household or if I'm planning a wedding--or if I close the game while they're still at school and there's a club gathering.
My friend developed a workaround for the game closing and reopening where we load a completely different household, invite a Sim from the household we intend to play to travel with us, and then switch to that Sim. This "breaks" the club gathering and allows children and teens and university students to stay in class. The only workaround for CAS is to have the stylist twiddle his/her thumbs until the kids get home from school, or to turn the club off first.
The mod workaround is to use Kawaii Stacie's Education Bundle, purchase the "school only PC," and have the kid homeschool that day.
Edit: Sorry, this should go over here... oops! https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-SAVES-GT-Sims-leave-work-early-after-loading-lot-Club/m-...
August 2022
That's great but my sims are adults who are leaving work anytime I enter CAS or travel. The kids seem to be unaffected by this in my game. Any workaround for adult sims?
August 2022
Weirdly, it seems to be all children and teens doing it in my game. The adults stay at work.
August 2022
I am currently having this issue NOW 2022. Never experienced it when this threat first started. I play house hold Sims and anytime i do anything with 1 character if they're at work/school it cancels what they're doing, and just sends them home. Didn't finish a full day which makes gaining experience difficult, and lowers performance. I keep missing out on promotion opportunities because my sims leave like 5 hours early!
High school expansion pack sorta bugged things back. Its so annoying how they always change the color of their cellphone now.
August 2022