Royal Caribbean Cruises – “Great place for settled/stable life.”

Pros

Very friendly people, support work-life balance. Very supportive, especially respective personal life. Management and co-workers go beyond their duty to support and help. Managers are very helpful and listen to you. It is up to an individual to contribute and make a change. This is not a company to play hardball at employees. They will try their best to keep (sometime not so good) people as well.

Cons

Growth for very talented people is limited. Can hit the wall very soon. They have weird benefits policies. Actually this is common in Florida firms. They will not hire directly, and let you go through contract to hire process. After you become an employee, wait for at least 3 months to start your benefits. No stock options and very limited ESPP.

Advice to Senior Management

Identify the stars and go beyond the standard stuff to promote and retain them. Keep IT get necessary recognition from the execs. Our CEO hardly ever communicated with employees, let alone skipping numerous occasions of promise to attend in all hands meetings.