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Holland America Line

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Holland America Line reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(647 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 647 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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647 reviews
4.0
Feb 1, 2025

Review

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Uncapped income, if you love travel, you'd enjoy this position. Standby on cruises, friends and family discount etc.

Cons

The manager of the department is a puppet for the executive manager, and the executive manager is not the nicest person. Unless she likes you. But if she doesn't, you'll go nowhere and be snapped at and degraded in the team meetings. Also, the metrics, part of being a call center, are quite often out of reach, even though you work hard every day, if the metrics don't add up, then you are accused of not doing your job. They don't count emails, which guests frequently use. Only phone calls.

2.0
Aug 30, 2024

Meh, could be worse

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are pretty good medical benefits, travel benefits, and depending on the department the culture can be good.

Cons

The organization as a whole is old corporate America. Money flows up and garbage flows down. Very VP and manager heavy and they're promoted because of who they know not leadership abilities. If your goal is career growth be prepared to sell a bit of your soul to do it.

2.0
Aug 23, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The cruise experience is solid and they have a hard-earned, pretty well-deserved reputation,

Cons

The company loads too much work and bogs you down with processes and paperwork. There are forms for forms. Work (life?) balance is not possible with the massive work load. Salary is low for the hours required to stay afloat.

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