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Toxic culture - Anonymous employee Royal Caribbean Group Employee Review

1.0
Apr 1, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Most teams are great - everyone you meet is nice and happy to help. Free cruises are a nice perk and seems like many teams are run well.

Cons

The finance department has had a complete overhaul, and everyone is new as conditions were awful. They were giving out 10k retention bonuses to keep employees, but still were not able to. I have never been degraded or belittled at work, but that is exactly the experience I had there. It is not a culture built on competence, but rather one where politics and family connections matter more. For example, they hired a fuel director with 0 years of fuel experience. I have never heard of someone directing a team on a subject they know nothing about.

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Cons

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Pros

Pay is competitive. You get a free cruise.

Cons

The culture here was ok, though not the best. Now with a VERY strict 9-5 policy, the entire company is feeling the grip of the execs. No exceptions for anyone who has a doctors appointment or needs to pick up a kid or adjust their hours slightly to get through life. Many employees have to work extra hours, travel across the world, and work based on other time zones due to projects spanning across the world. No matter, 9-5 or pack your things. Execs are demanding more control, they seem to forget that they placed their office all the way in the traffic zoo of the Port of Miami. No one is happy and now you can hardly get out of the port at a decent time. Would have loved to see some execs and vps fight against this but it seems they only care about protecting themselves, and Mr Liberty is having his way. I hope he enjoys this act of control as it is making his employees miserable. Expect high turn over soon or layoffs, or both. Many of the small benefits have been rolled back without any announcement (food discounts, commuter discounts) without any notice. We have lost the plot, we are selling vacations, not saving lives.

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