business hacks....which can't you live without?

[Kestran]

For running a business with employes and the whole shebangs. Which hacks/fixes would you say are essential? I only played the biz angle of that expansion once. And I hired an employee. Once. Then I had to fire her because she was destroying my Sims business

Now I want to try again but I realise I can NOT do it without some neat hack fixes.

I have only installed nooffercheap and noplayableshoppers by Pescado. I do plan on getting some of James' fixes: http://www.simwardrobe.com/ but I can't decide on which ones

And another question...if I were to hire a playable Sim that already has a job, will the game allow it to happen and what happens to the job he/she has? And does a playable Sim get the pay he/she gets from the store added to his/her funds?

[Ness]

Just get Pescado's business runs you hack and be done with it!  Along with the customer selector, I really don't think you need any more than that.

[J. M. Pescado]

And another question...if I were to hire a playable Sim that already has a job, will the game allow it to happen and what happens to the job he/she has?

You get a warning that he will lose that job, and if you hire him anyway, he loses it. If you have "nolamehires", sims with higher-level "real" jobs are excluded from the hiring pool and thus do not clog your menus and hiring pool options with useless options.

And does a playable Sim get the pay he/she gets from the store added to his/her funds?

Yes.