Holland America Employee Reviews about "9 80"

Pros

9/80 shifts, exposure to the industry , travel, pay was ok (you need to negotiate that), co workers

Cons

24/7 availability , stress stress nature of the work, some upper management with an attitude that man.....

Pros

Flexible 9/80 schedule and good cruising benefits if you use them

Cons

Politics, politics, politics!!! Will add a higher paying workload on you but won’t increase your pay. Pay is nowhere near competitive....RUN! Allows retaliation and instead of working on the situation they just let both parties go. The CEO is all about the dollar and nothing about the people who work under him to bring him that outcome. Ability to advance is all about who you know and not what you know. This place has gone downhill fast!

Pros

* 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off * New building

Cons

* Difficult commute to lower Queen Anne * Dysfunctional, silo'ed IT (one group run by an outside firm) makes it impossible to get anything big or important done * Old Boys' club at the top * Lower than market pay * Next to impossible to take the free yearly cruise . (In almost 4 years, I was never able to do it.)

Pros

•Really nice new building in the heart of Queen Anne, near many restaurants and close to Elliot Bay Park. •Flexible work schedule with 9/80 standard (every other Friday off). •Ability to work from home when needed

Cons

•Far too much middle and upper management which causes constant miscommunication. You eventually end up reporting directly and indirectly to 5 different managers/directors. •Finance has had 3 different CFOs in 4 years which is driving inconsistent management approaches which change on a whim. •Uncoordinated re-organizations that don’t drive results and leave significant areas of work unattended. •The Finance department leadership is under the impression that they have advanced analytic software that allows rapid analysis but the entire department is run by Excel. •Yearly Bonus for non-management is $150, which is insulting.

Pros

Vacation Time 9/80 days (Every other Friday off) Recognition from Management for Hard Work

Cons

Long Hours at Times Lots of Vacation but No Time to Use it Pay is low for the region