Holland America Reviews

Pros

get to travel around the world

Cons

they dont communicate well to their employees

Pros

Great end product
depending on job - chance to travel
peers are great
a lot of pride

Cons

too many accountants in leadership positions
change is slow
lots of long term employees who already quit but forgot to tell anyone
loyalty is celebrated over performance

Advice to Senior Management

reward (and penalize) per performance - 30+ years doing the same exact thing is not 30+ years experience, it is one year of experience 30 times and not worth the mega salaries paid.

Pros

Great Employees.
Travel Benefits.
Large company with room for movement.
Good benefits package with Vacation and Sick Leave time.

Cons

Bad parking availability.
Huge earning discrepancy between upper management and above compared to middle management an below.

Advice to Senior Management

Invest more in showing appreciation and rewarding hard work and company loyalty.

Pros

I always felt like my hard work was appreciated. Ha generally offers a good product - making it easier for the employee to represent. I have never tried/applied to work at the corporate office in Seattle, but I would love to work for them again.

Cons

The hourly pay wasn't amazing.

Pros

Good people in general to work with.

Cons

Upper management, pay, job, benefits and etc are terrible

Advice to Senior Management

Move to the 21st century

Pros

If you work hard and help those around you it gets noticed. If you want to be promoted stand out your day will come.

Cons

one or two bad apples to work for but you will find those types in any company

Pros

Good benefits and a fun product

Cons

Many jobs / promotions done without job postings
No longer a stable employment - after years of taking care of employees - many jobs eliminated without warning or HR assistance

Advice to Senior Management

Senior VP's out of touch with what employees really do

Pros

Good stable company. Many great employees.

Cons

Stagnant workplace. A bit of the old-boy network.

Pros

Great travel benefits
Good pay
4 months on, 2 months off

Cons

Long time away from home
New CEO is terrible

Advice to Senior Management

Upper Mangagement should spend a week working onboard.

Pros

free room and board; free travel; they fly you to wherever you need to go to join a ship; (at least they did for me in my position); get to travel the world and go to places you could never afford; meet a ton of co-workers from all over the world, which might come in handy if you go to where they live; freedom on days off to join a tour or wander about on your own; great adventures. I don't regret working for HAL.

Cons

Long work schedule; but the perk is the travel.
Managers who are bullies or who see you as a threat... should be fired and not kept simply because they bring in revenue; Staff should be allowed greater discounts on cruises; Serious issues with communication skills in many entry-level management positions; they need to offer courses in Body Language, Demeanor, Tone of Voice, etc. not just "management" skills.....

Advice to Senior Management

Management in head office (Seattle) who have never worked on board ship before should be required to spend a full month on board just to see what it's REALLY like; Management in head office should do exit interviews from staff - - - and get the REAL story on the on board managers.
Hotel Managers should be allowed to request staff to join a particular ship especially if the rapport is good; Hotel Managers should be able to make recommendations about a person's performance - - in particular, especially when the direct supervisor is obviously biased and negative about the staff member. If you want to keep the "little" people, empower them to satisfy guests like the Ritz Carlton does.