I agree. Need to be able to hire a farmer after you plant and harvest your first carrot. He'll plant and reseed automatically. A serving wench after you build the cauldron. She'll cook what ever foods you specify if you have the materials to make them. A herdsman you can hire after you breed your first boar. He'll feed your livestock what ever they need to breed as long as you have it in stock and cull the excess animals. A drover you can hire after you build your first cart. He'll haul ore automatically overland from one specified chest to another specified chest. A sailor that will do the same with ore but over water from one chest to another. Archers that you can hire to defend your base after your first troll raid.

When they aren't working they walk around inside your lodge or sit in the chairs. I have lots and lots of coins and nothing to spend them on.