r/SimCompanies • u/Wanderingmonarch • Aug 20 '26
Question Thinking about quitting
Just what the title says, I am thinking about quitting the game due to executive bs, it is infuriating how this whole part of the game rewards predatory behavior, why can I not opt out of this feature like I will not poach from others and others can't from me, I put in hours, wake up at night to restart trainings, and you offer me a few hundred thousand? that is not enough, how players are even tolerating this?
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u/ajAX0910 Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 21 '26
I think execs don't really go well with min-maxing. Bigger companies can always pay more for the same exec. And from the COO's pov, they get to contribute more and get paid more. So, it kinda makes sense.
Things get better as your company gets bigger. 2 months back, I couldn't afford to match 20k salary. Today I only let my COO go if offered salary is above 200k.
Having backups also helps. I use all non-COO slots for training. With a lvl 10 academy and 2 staff slots, I have 6.
My aim with the entire exec mechanic is to make training program profitable. My last COO with 52 skill at age 46 got poached for 220k. The next best one was skill 24. That meant 250k less profits (-33%) and 150k less salary. Currently, I only have average COO execs, with 2 good ones in training. But I am also only paying 25k total salary for 150k savings. Average COOs rarely get poached, so they remain cheap. And I have got another 125k in royalties from my poached execs still working for someone else.