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Holland America Line

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Holland America Line reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(646 total reviews)

Beth Bodensteiner

74% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Holland America Line has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 646 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Holland America Line employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Hoteles y complejos turísticos industry (3.5 stars).

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646 reviews
2.0
Jun 22, 2018

Not what it seems

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

9/80 schedule, nice neighborhood to walk around at lunch

Cons

Not at all what I was expecting from what I was told at the interview. I have never been so micromanaged in my life. Constant power struggle between Seattle and Santa Clarita from management and you are stuck in the middle like some child going through a divorce. No opportunity for advancement, old timers that have worked there forever hate the place but yet never seem to leave. The office is new but very cramped, you will get annoyed by your neighbor... wear headphones! Everyone seemed very depressed there except when they had free food. One free cruise a year is not worth working here, just go buy your own cruise, they are not even that expensive. Management is very much like the good ol' boys club, this is 2018 not 1918.

1.0
Oct 19, 2017

Not a company that cares about it's employees

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Possible travel opportunities, decent benefits

Cons

Used to love working here for over 25 years, then company merged operations with Princess Cruises and a ton of people were laid off. Instead of honoring the severance package they originally said we would all get, they decided that, since they had offered me a job (that I didn't want or apply for), they didn't have to give me severance. They had also tried to make all employees pay for 2 years of back taxes that they didn't do correctly on payroll, until they were forced to take care of it themselves when employees started a class-action lawsuit. Not a company that cares about it's employees anymore.

1.0
Sep 23, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

you could possibly earn free cruiese

Cons

Management is horrible. Huge turnover and the company president has taken over the human resources department because it is such a mess.

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