Guide to Hiring Employees in Schedule 1

To ensure the success of your business in Schedule 1, hiring employees is essential. With numerous tasks to manage, enlisting the help of others becomes a necessity. Here’s a comprehensive guide on how to hire your first employees in this engaging environment.

Steps to Hire Employees in Schedule 1

The Fixer Manny in Schedule 1 — Image Credit: Prima Games

Hiring Employees from Manny — Image Credit: Prima Games

Your journey to hiring begins by completing the quest titled “Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy.” This quest directs you to the Warehouse, a location that unlocks various features, including the acquisition of weapons and access to higher-tier equipment for your liquid product, along with the option to hire employees.

Once you’re inside the Warehouse, your quest will progress, prompting you to engage with several key characters, including the arms dealer, fixer, and merchant. Head to the second floor to find Manny, the fixer, who will facilitate your employee hiring process. Keep in mind that hiring these individuals comes with ongoing daily wage obligations, and you’ll need to assign them specific tasks suited to your business operations.

Various roles are available for hire, including cleaners, packagers, botanists, and chemists. Each employee plays a crucial role in enhancing productivity, allowing you to focus on business strategies while they handle essential tasks.

It’s important to note that you don’t have to hire all available employees at once. Doing so may drain your resources, particularly when your products are still being exclusively handled by dealers. Early in the game, cleaners can be valuable hires, but don’t overlook the efficiency of manually producing products yourself, which can often yield better results than relying on the slower pace of hired help.

As you scale your operations and transition to larger premises beyond the Bungalow, consider adding chemists and botanists to your team to further enhance production quality.

Effective Employee Management in Schedule 1

Hired Cleaner in Schedule 1 — Image Credit: Prima Games

Once your team is on board, you will receive a clipboard that corresponds to the employee you hired. This clipboard remains tied to your character and cannot be transferred to other players, which is something to keep in mind during multiplayer sessions. It occupies a dedicated inventory slot next to your cash position (hot bar slot 9).

While this might be inconvenient, it is a feature that players will have to adapt to until a potential update resolves the issue.

To establish effective operations, each employee must be assigned their own bed within your property. This not only allows them to rest but also acts as a mechanism for their payment. Assign a worker to a specific bed using your clipboard; once assigned, a briefcase will appear on the bed where you will deposit their daily wages in cash.

This initial setup is crucial for all employees. To direct them in their tasks effectively, utilize the clipboard to assign them to specific equipment or locations.

For instance, when managing a cleaner, allocate trash cans for their duties. Position a trash can near your plants and use the clipboard to assign the cleaner to it. You will see an area around the trash can indicating their cleaning radius; be aware that trash outside this area will not be collected.

Managing the cleaner may involve a bit more complexity compared to other roles, such as assigning botanists and chemists to stations like the chemical station, lab oven, packaging station, and growing areas.

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