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Worst experience of my professional career - Anonymous employee Royal Caribbean Group Employee Review

1.0
Jul 2, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are decent, as long as you can somehow find the time to take advantage of them. They also feed you when you're forced to work an inhumane amount of hours.

Cons

You have to fight to get any recognition for your work. There is no incentive to work hard and try to do great things, since no one will care or even notice. The working conditions are horrific. You are forced to work a ridiculous amount of hours on weekdays and weekends. Your personal life takes a back seat here. There is no such thing as career growth. You will learn nothing other than surviving under the most stressful working conditions I've experienced. I'm no stranger to hard work but the way we were treated was simply ridiculous. The culture is one that rewards bigotry and incompetence, and punishes good employees and productivity. They have no idea that they're actually hurting themselves. The turnover rate is incredibly high. Most of management should be replaced with people who actually care about others, the industry, and the company.

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Pros

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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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