Placing Sims you create in a world

[Peanuts61]

Hello all!  i am thinking of creating a few sims and just placing them in the world with a home but i was wondering if i did that will they get their own jobs or do i have to provide them with jobs as well and then just let them loose?  if this question was already asked  i apologize. i looked here on this forum but i didn't find it anywhere. thanks gang

[MrsFlynn]

I think it may depend on how you play the game. Do you play with story progression on or off. If you play with it on, they might be able to get jobs, married, kids - a life. If you play with SP off, they won't.

I play with story progression turned off, so the Sims I've created and put in-game don't do much unless my Sim interacts with them.

[Peanuts61]

i play with story progression on. so good to know. i don't want them to be unemployed thanks!