Continuity mistake: In the opening credits, there is a fire hydrant and a red painted curb in front of the building. In the closing credits, there is no fire hydrant and the curb is not red - yet the building shown behind is still the same location as in the opening credits.
Your Money or Your Life - S1-E3
Visible crew/equipment: A boom mic is visible on the upper right hand side of the screen during the living room scene where Jeffrey is explaining what a funeral is to his young son, David.
Answer: Assuming they made enough income from rentals fees, Helen may have wanted Stanley to find a job solely to get him out of the house and out of her hair. Many women dislike having their husbands home all the time, and, if they're retired, encourage them to find some work or activity outside of the house.
raywest
That's possible, though a bit doubtful since they lived in their old apartment building (the Three's Company one) for 14 years. That was 14 years of Stanley being at home without Helen wanting him to get a job "away from home."
She also isn't shown telling him to get a job for any reason after the pilot episode. Rather than continually nagging him, Helen apparently accepted that he wasn't going to get one. Also, it's a TV show. Writers continually change character dynamics, plot lines, running gags, etc. as the show progresses, which can create either deliberate or unintentional inconsistencies. It was probably something the writers saw no reason to pursue.
raywest