Odd jobber

Odd jobbers are a default, pseudo-employment option for citizens. Any citizen that's not employed will be an odd jobber by default. They will wander around the settlement and be available for doing certain tasks given by the player, such as cutting trees, collecting stone or cutting into mountains. If too many employees are chosen for jobs, the counter can actually go into the negatives.

It is advisable that players always have a decent amount of odd jobbers around the settlement, so they're always available to do much-needed tasks. If the amount of odd jobbers becomes too low, players can decrease the amount of employees working for certain buildings, and/or simply allow more immigrants to move in.

If there's not enough employees or odd jobbers to do something, a building or task will warn the player of this in red text.