I've been playing this game for three days now, and so far I'm praying that this game doesn't go on hiatus, get dropped or abandoned since it's one of this best Text-Based game I've played (I.M.O.).
However, a suggestion I do have would be to make a quest for the factory job, letting people know that there's a source of income there.
Although it may be embarrassing to admit, it took me 2 days to discover this and it had made my 3rd run thought of the game so much more nicer than my initial ones. It's primarily good for early games, and especially useful for when you're playing on the higher difficulty.
