A job is where Pops work to produce resources on planets. Jobs are divided into different strata, with one higher than the other. Most Jobs are created by Districts and Buildings and thus limited in number.
Pops will automatically fill empty Jobs that they are capable of holding and will choose the job that will get the most out of their traits based on a weighting system but priority can be set towards and away from specific Jobs to ensure they are filled before others. New Pops that are more suitable for a Job than the current Pop holding the Job may take the job from it.
For Worker, Menial Drone and Complex Drone jobs new pops will always take the job from a current pop if the new pop's weight is higher.
For Specialist jobs new pops will only take the job from a current pop if the new pop's weight is x1.5 higher.
For Ruler jobs new pops will only take the job from a current pop if the new pop's weight is x5 higher.
It is possible to force a re-evaluation of jobs by blocking and then re-enabling the jobs.
Regular empires have three strata. If a pop takes a job above its stratum it will be promoted to the higher stratum. If there are no available jobs of equal or higher Stratum the pop will become unemployed, slowly demoting in stratum and causing happiness penalties at most levels of living standards.
Pops that do not have a Job, either because none is available or because their Stratum is higher than that of available Jobs, are Unemployed. Unemployed Pops produce the following and cannot have their output improved by modifiers:
Pops that have the Undesirable Stratum due to being purged produce resources as they decline based on the purge type. All Purging Jobs also produce +2 Unity if the empire has the Fanatic Purifiers civic.
High Crime, Deviancy or Unemployment can create planet modifiers that add Subversive Jobs. Individualist Pops will abandon Subversive Jobs if Ruler, Specialist or Soldier jobs become available. All Subversive Jobs have negative output.
Event jobs are generated by either planetary features or planet modifiers.
Job
Stratum
Produces
Upkeep
Source
Description
Titan Hunter
Worker
+8 Food
+6 Trade Value
N/A
Delicious Titans
Fearless individuals who hunt the planet's titanic lifeforms for food. Their bones, teeth and tusks also make impressive - and valuable - trophies.
Odd Factory Worker Odd Factory Drone
Worker Menial Drone
+4 Alloys
N/A
Odd Factory
These workers labor in the ancient and mysterious factory of unknown origin. What could go wrong? These drones labor in the ancient and mysterious factory of unknown origin. What could go wrong?
These officers live underground and work for closer relations and improved trade with the Subterranean Civilization. These drones live underground, transferring resources to and from the Subterranean Civilization.
Transmuter Transmuter Drone
Specialist Complex Drone
+4 Alloys
N/A
Blue Lotus Prototype Blue Lotus Facility
Specialist scientists who work on the Blue Lotus project to transmute everyday silicates into useful alloys. Transmuter Drones employ experimental methods to transmute everyday silicates into useful alloys.
Gas Plant Engineer Gas Plant Drone
Specialist Menial Drone
+3 Exotic Gases
−1 Exotic Gases
−10
Spore Vents
These workers operate the massive filter facilities built over cave mushroom spore exhausts. These drones operate the massive filter facilities built over cave mushroom spore exhausts.
Cave Cleaners
Specialist
+5 Minerals
−2
Cave Shroom Veins
These workers clear out burner-out cave mushroom passages to unearth mineral veins.
Researchers who risk their very existence and sanity to study the mysteries of the Dimensional Portal. Drones at risk of destruction or subversion which study the mysteries of the Dimensional Portal.
Fallen empires use a special set of high-output jobs that have no upkeep and use a special Precursor stratum.
Job
Produces
Prerequisites
Description
Overseer
+5 Stability
+10 Amenities
Ancient Palace
The stalwart few who have rejected lives of luxury in favor of public service. It is up to them to oversee and guide the remnants of their ancient civilization.
Protector
−25 Crime
+3 Defense Armies
Ancient Palace or Aegis Complex
So that the majority can sleep peacefully and enjoy their lives of extravagance, these rough individuals stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do them harm.
Hedonist
+2 Unity
Replaces Unemployed
A life of total opulence, where every possible material need or desire can be satisfied.
Archivist
+5 Research
Keeper of Knowledge
Master Archive building, found only on The Archives
Each data fragment must be filed, cataloged and indexed exactly according to the ancient rites as they were established eons ago by the First Librarian.
Xeno-Keeper
+10 Amenities
−20 Crime
+2 Defense Armies
Enigmatic Observers
Xeno Preserve building, found only on The Preserve
These precursor zookeepers look after the needs of the Xeno-Wards under their care.
Xeno-Ward
+2 Unity
Enigmatic Observers
Primitives stratum
Xeno Preserve building, found only on The Preserve
These specimens have been gathered here, in settings that approximate their natural environments, to ensure the preservation of their species in an often chaotic and destructive galaxy.
Sky Cardinal
+5 Stability +10 Amenities
Holy Guardians
Ancient Palace
And it was there, in the sky, that the future was born. The light was blinding, but a few could see past it. They took it upon themselves to lead others forwards.
Augur of the Shroud
+10 Unity
Holy Guardians
Empyrean Shrine building, found only on Sky Temple
It speaks, but not in words. To divine any kind of meaning, one must hover on the precipice of madness.
Acolyte of the Hammer
+6 Minerals
Holy Guardians
Replaces Miners
And with one mighty blow, Saint Mazakudal used her burning hammer to split the skull of the First Wraith in two, opening up the path to the crystals.
Acolyte of the Hyperspanner
+6 Energy
Holy Guardians
Replaces Technicians
Remember also the hyperspanner, and how it was used by Bazagg the Shining to tame the sun when it seemed like darkness would overtake the world.
Acolyte of the Plow
+8 Food
Holy Guardians
Replaces Farmers
For was it not the plow, this most noble of instruments, that Kazargiel used to sever the poisonous tail of the thrice-cursed demon and stave off famine?
Acolyte of the Workshop
+3 Amenities +2 Consumer Goods
Holy Guardians Replaces Unemployed
And so Aznakha said to the acolytes, "go to the workshops, and form with your own crafts the future you seek."
Guardian
−25 Crime
+3 Defense Armies
Ancient Caretakers
Ancient Control Center
These ancient machines maintain a ceaseless vigil over the long-expired remains of billions of cyrogenically frozen sapients.
Caretaker
+5 Amenities
Ancient Caretakers Replaces Unemployed
These ancient machines tirelessly maintain and repair the decaying machinery of the ringworld on which they reside.