Absolutely. I worked for an Italian owner. Nightmare fuel. I was never more tired. I worked on a yacht that chartered to a lot of NEW Yawk stockbrokers. The absolute worst!!! I slept after one charter for 18 hours. Plus being run down you get sick more. You're cranky. You become addicted to caffeine, sugar and in my experience meanness. Even the nicest people would get mean with no sleep. You start to hate everything that made you love the job. Then on some yachts it was the opposite and the owners didn't do anything and you were bored. You would be tired from boredom. A good mess, a nice cabin with space and some form of privacy, a nice area to make a sandwich or just share a meal with others and a comfortable mattress. American owners usually always let us get American mattresses. Like I grew up with. Wasn't a sponge with a quarter inch topper on it for a bed. Cree training days, a boss who knows your name, cool cabins. Those are things that make a difference
This is so important to talk about. Sleep deprivation is a serious issue that can have longlasting negative effects. What's the point of having lots of money if you're too sick to do anything with it? If I were a guest on a charter yacht I'd demand the crew get some sleep rather than tend to my needs. All I need is to be on deck and watch the sea. Nothing else. Keep bringin up all the pros and cons of working on a yacht. Both sides are important so that new aspirering crewmembers can make informed decisions.
Hello, Interesting point of you, although I find strange to say "as a guest, what they pay for hundreds of thousands euros for is... just be on the deck and watch the sea !! Do you believe you would get such tips if watching the sea if the only service you bring ??? About "What's the point having lots of money if you're too sick to do anything with it" : Do you mean you would be OK for having a wage decrease to get one crew member extra ??
I think making sure the yachts are set up and manned properly is a very big thing. I've seen yachts with crew cabins that have sliding pocket doors because the cabins are so small, a door won't open inside, and the crew mess was so small, a door opening out would cut the mess in half. A mini-fridge and a sink plus one seat and a pull down seat constitutes a mess area for 4 to 5 crew. 1 wet head. It's a mess. But also the captains and owners not allowing for crew rotation or not demanding when a new yacht is constructed that if you are goiing to charter it and you are going to max it out at 12 plus and charge big money, you push for adequate crew. 12 guests and 2 stews plus 3 deck crew a chef and a captain isn't enough. Especially demanding guests that are up all different hours, eat at different times, party until 4 am every night, bring their kids, or worse about 4 super numes who think they are also on vacation and the crew caters to them too. I started out on fishing yachts where it was 2 deckhands and a captain and we had no more than 5 or 6 guests and the trips,were under 4 days. Going to yachts and especially the bigger yachts was a real change. Experienced owners were the best and built boats right, treated the crew right (lots of them were Russian) and some were horrible. Italian and French owners tend to view crew as objects in my experience. Had some OK ones, but never great ones. American owners tended to be better unless they were from 4 certain states. Southern owners from the states were the best. My people. But anyways..I blame captains and chief stews who are there when a yacht is built or with the owner when they are getting a new used yacht and know how it will be used. That tendency to just bow down and buckle to demands and not stick up for the crew. Pushback on the brokers, the yards and the project managers. Say 'No this won't work. Not feasible with current projections and demands'. Sorry this is an all over rant.
I may be the ugly duckling, but I am wondering if demanding for rotation and more crew simultaneously, complaining about crew spaces too small and more crew at the same time is not a bit contradictory ... ?! Would you then complain that present tips are not enough to be shared with more crew members ??
@@CBLANC-nw8jo Crew rotation is usually seasonal. At least when I was back in yachting and rotation came into being. So the crew was the same for a season and tips were distributed at the end of the season, or per trip sometimes, but rarely. Some yacht contracts on charter yachts are per season, although there might be some who rotate more frequently but tips are designated for who worked on that trip. If you are on a yacht where there are 2 people to do the same job and it's an owner boat, never chartered out, then the owner won't 'tip' the crew. They might get year end bonuses, usually around Christmas time, but it is of the understanding your bonus is either cut in half, or the captain decides whom is getting what. I think rotation is great to prevent burnout. Especially on charter boats, but the business in general has a high burnout rate usually. Yachting quit all the time for various reasons. Some get enough money per season to live of off and take the rest of the year off, then come back when they need money. Thkse types don't usually last long. There are the people that make it a career, but again, that is maybe 10 years at the most. If you stay with an owner long enough, they usually find a position for you in a company they run, or make you part of the domestic staff to oversee their various homes if you are interior, or become an owners rep if you were a deck person who worked their way up. But there are obviously more jobs out there. Crew rotation isn't going to save those that are just prone to burn out that. Most yachting agree that there is a shelf life for every position. You either move up or burn out quicker is the usual line. Nobody wants to be second stew or lead deckhand forever. Eventually you want boson or first officer or head stew and purser if you are a career yachtie. But ther are all types out there just happy to,get some money and travel around wherever on a luxury yacht. Beats a non air conditioned fishing trawler with hammocks on the deck so you can hold more fish below and your only food is a handful of rice plus by catch. Seen those. Horrible conditions that make complaining about a wet head and Pullman bunk seem bad.
@@clifbradley As a owner, I wanted to know what to enphased on, as everything is not possible ... For example, if I have the room for, is it more interesting for crew to have more cabins, but individual ones, or bigger cabins, but dual ones ? is it better to have more rest time during cruise (for example by hiring an extra crew, as this would involve sharing tips, and impossibility to finance rotation ...?! That is why I would like to read comment saying "I would like this, even if it means not having that ! But if the comments are only "we went all improvments, I won't be able to make any choice: therefore, I will only rely on my Charter company advices...
I was engineer on a 40m last summer with 6 crew; June - October flat out with maybe 6 days off in total during that time. I like to think my stamina is pretty good, but after a month of broken rest periods it becomes too much, short temper, lack of concentration and making mistakes with your work - which is typically high risk. It's no way to continue, I've stepped up in size to a boat with more crew, bigger budget and suddenly work feels like being on holiday.
Good to see you weekly! I've experienced lack of sleep at my job in the Navy and I can assure that the consequences of that are way more serious than one can imagine. From the terrible mood to taking poor decisions. It all adds up in the end.
Hi Matthew, what excellent subject matter that current employees in the yachting community would not dare talk about! I have confidence that your excellent experience in the yachting industry will help others get the 😢working hours and the down time that our bodies and minds need.
Felt the need to post again, I have just read the ISWAN report on The Welfare of Superyacht Crews. While some of the comments especially from senior crew especially Captains, are of the 'macho' if you don't like it get off variety, and some of the responses from younger, more junior crew appears to reflect the attitude that they are there for a holiday rather than work, with single cabins, unlimited free wi-fi, and other perks, regardless of the size of vessel or the guests needs. It is very clear that crew across board are in agreement with Matthew's piece about proper rest or the lack of it. Confusing it seems, probably due to the small number of responses from 100m+ yachts that they are better rested at sea than in port, but with yachts 24m to 99m most crew report working excess hours with insufficient rest at sea, but improvement, although not perfect while in port and presumably off charter.
Thank you for the insightful piece on crew exhaustion. Navies work their crews hard, but certainly in the Royal Navy they are more than aware of the importance to time off duty. Also in the military you do not have to present a happy smiling face at all hours to paying guests. Very true point about properly recording hours of work and rest, because it is vital in the event of an accident. Hours sheets are legal documents, and falsely reporting on them is a fraudulent act, that could have serious consequences. As far as retention is concerned, the industry especially smaller charter boats can see an endless supply of potential crew, so are less likely to be bothered, compared to larger boats that want a crew with longevity. A mega yacht may possibly carry more guests, but it also has much more room for crew. Keep up the good work Matthew and I am sure your new path will clarify soon.
Thanks for the interesting insight. Ive been thinking about getting into the industry after a career of poor sleep as a firefighter. Physical and mental health is now a huge part of my life, can you see the yacht industry encouraging this way of life?
I worked on a 100 meter boat where we had 5 guys on deck working for 14-16 hours everyday for 2 weeks doing all the teak and hard work deck officers pressed us to put incorrect hours of rest... It was an unexpected VIP visit and everything needed to be perfectly done as soon as possible but that could be solved another way arranging couple of dayworkers or simply shown us some real leadership skills instead of looking us through the windows sitting below the aircon.
Time for time rotation is the way to go, it is the only way to keep the crew, especially officers and higher ranks. In regard of hours of rest as you said they should be recorded every day properly and and on a daily basis chief mate and captain should compensate as much as possible and on every occasion give extra rest to the crew that worked over time. Also all the periods with guests onboard are usually extremely strenuous and busy without any days off so all the weekends that were not off should be compensated for all of the crew if possible once the guests are not onboard. On the most of the boats that is just not the case and when I see dual season boat giving 30 days paid leave to the crew that is just disgraceful and a huge red flag. On a dual season boat it should be law for all the crew to have minimum 90 days paid leave and ideally for senior crew time for time rotation. As you pointed out correctly smaller boats are particularly problematic and not crewed properly. I liked also your point that it is not just a about the owners and a captain it is even more so about regulations and brokers and management companies. Yachting and generally maritime industry need regulation that are really going to protect seafarers so that we are not overworked and exploited. Solas starts with well rested crew. I will not even start writing about wages because it absolutely obvious that seafarers have same wages well over a decade and in the meantime our buying power is half of what it is used to be ten years ago...I feel like IMO can do a much better in the future with raising minimum wages for seafarers and making compulsory for all the boats to give more time off. It is just disgraceful that on a commercial cargo vessel all lower ranks are staying onboard for well over 8 months in a one go and than go home for a month or two and coming back onboard... that is just madness. All these things that I wrote will understand only seafarers not the people in the office...and that is the problem.
@arthursandomine5464 Thanks for commenting. Giving all crew time for time rotation would actually mean more jobs, because for every position on board you'd need to employ 2 crew members.
I am guessing you never worked on a yacht built in the 1980s or before. You should see the awful crew quarters on older yachts. No windows or portholes. Sometimes 5-6 people per room. Narrow hallways and doors. Zero noise protection from engines or generators. It was wild. It was like US Navy standard for a submarine.
Matthew I appreciate your very interesting videos and I am sorry you quit yachting. But reading all the comments going in the same way, I have few questions to ask... What would you expect from good and fair owners : Better wages, courses paid by the owner, more crew on board, bigger cabins, or even individual cabins, and bigger quarters, more daily rest time, rotation ??? Of course, everybody can imagine that it is IMPOSSIBLE to imagine to get EVERYTHING !!! exemple: you cannot fairly ask for more crew on board and less members in each room !?! I would be please to know what would be the PREFERENCES for an owner effort !? Sorry for my english, but I am french native.
I've long thought I woulld 'overstaff' a yacht were I an owner. The quality of a yacht experience has more to do with the quality of the crew than it does with the yacht itself. To that end, it behooves an owner to do everything they can to make the yacht as attractive and efficient for the crew. And one of those factors without a doubt would be the quantity of crew for a given sized yacht, as that will reflect the workload expected of the crew.
Hey, would you be able to do a video on EU visas. I just don’t understand how I can work in the EU with just a Schengen visa. I’ve looked online and all the sites I go on constantly contradict themselves. Thanks.
Agree 100%, its far too commonly accepted that we should work very long hours, with guests lives in our hands. And then only get a month off to go home too.
I started at 34 as a deckhand. Worked before as a project manager for building industry. Mentality is problem. Yang people just have a fun but me only work.
Matthew, enjoyed your video as usual. Always a good thing to discuss the pros and cons of ant subject. I agree, what ever industry you work in, sleep is a very important part of your wellness, and productivity! Sleep Good, no sleep bad! I continue to enjoy your topic of conversation. I would like to say, Congratulations you currently have 12.4K subscribers.
Hi Matthew, as always a very insightful video, as someone wanting to get into the industry, I really appreciate the helpful subjects you cover. is going job hunting in the Mediterranean at June too late in your opinion?
Same on cruise ships. And of course if you say something about it they ll call you lazy, you cannot start complaining, because this extra working hours happens to often. If it is not ok for you as european, they ll find somebody from Asia who s fighting for his family and for whom the salary seems to be big. It could be a nice life on ships, but, they do their calculations. At the end of the day, the proof is they only care about money. 22 hours of work, 20, 19...and so on. After few months it doesn t metter if you have few more hours to rest, you re already burned. Why so upset? Because I would love to continue working on yachts or even cruise ships, I love the Sea, the travelling, the job...Problem is the time. It is unacceptable to work so hard with no weekend, and for so many hours per day. We all know it is pretty close to slavery. This will not change soon, we are not in the position to really do something.
As a journeyman working 6 years in dense medium separation and mechanical engineering I can confirm this comment, Easter? What Easter? Christmas? What Christmas? Family? Lol Goodluck. Rest is good as a tired miner could lead to a LTI (Lost time injury) you're correct the struggle is real lol.
This is a real problem. And in the real life of the crew, all these timesheets are only on paper and do not reflect reality. But everyone who works in the industry knows this and finds compromises to continue working sometimes 14-16 hours a day. Of course, there are boats with a more comfortable load and even a relaxed schedule, and there are very heavy boats with almost no rest.
I found lack of rest to be one of the most difficult things about working on a superyacht. How does your experience compare?
Absolutely. I worked for an Italian owner. Nightmare fuel. I was never more tired. I worked on a yacht that chartered to a lot of NEW Yawk stockbrokers. The absolute worst!!! I slept after one charter for 18 hours. Plus being run down you get sick more. You're cranky. You become addicted to caffeine, sugar and in my experience meanness. Even the nicest people would get mean with no sleep. You start to hate everything that made you love the job. Then on some yachts it was the opposite and the owners didn't do anything and you were bored. You would be tired from boredom. A good mess, a nice cabin with space and some form of privacy, a nice area to make a sandwich or just share a meal with others and a comfortable mattress. American owners usually always let us get American mattresses. Like I grew up with. Wasn't a sponge with a quarter inch topper on it for a bed. Cree training days, a boss who knows your name, cool cabins. Those are things that make a difference
So Wise , Thank You .
This is so important to talk about. Sleep deprivation is a serious issue that can have longlasting negative effects. What's the point of having lots of money if you're too sick to do anything with it?
If I were a guest on a charter yacht I'd demand the crew get some sleep rather than tend to my needs. All I need is to be on deck and watch the sea. Nothing else.
Keep bringin up all the pros and cons of working on a yacht. Both sides are important so that new aspirering crewmembers can make informed decisions.
Thank you, SailorYuki. You'd be the perfect charter guest!
Hello SailorYuki
Hello,
Interesting point of you, although I find strange to say "as a guest, what they pay for hundreds of thousands euros for is... just be on the deck and watch the sea !! Do you believe you would get such tips if watching the sea if the only service you bring ???
About "What's the point having lots of money if you're too sick to do anything with it" : Do you mean you would be OK for having a wage decrease to get one crew member extra ??
I think making sure the yachts are set up and manned properly is a very big thing. I've seen yachts with crew cabins that have sliding pocket doors because the cabins are so small, a door won't open inside, and the crew mess was so small, a door opening out would cut the mess in half. A mini-fridge and a sink plus one seat and a pull down seat constitutes a mess area for 4 to 5 crew. 1 wet head. It's a mess. But also the captains and owners not allowing for crew rotation or not demanding when a new yacht is constructed that if you are goiing to charter it and you are going to max it out at 12 plus and charge big money, you push for adequate crew. 12 guests and 2 stews plus 3 deck crew a chef and a captain isn't enough. Especially demanding guests that are up all different hours, eat at different times, party until 4 am every night, bring their kids, or worse about 4 super numes who think they are also on vacation and the crew caters to them too. I started out on fishing yachts where it was 2 deckhands and a captain and we had no more than 5 or 6 guests and the trips,were under 4 days. Going to yachts and especially the bigger yachts was a real change. Experienced owners were the best and built boats right, treated the crew right (lots of them were Russian) and some were horrible. Italian and French owners tend to view crew as objects in my experience. Had some OK ones, but never great ones. American owners tended to be better unless they were from 4 certain states. Southern owners from the states were the best. My people. But anyways..I blame captains and chief stews who are there when a yacht is built or with the owner when they are getting a new used yacht and know how it will be used. That tendency to just bow down and buckle to demands and not stick up for the crew. Pushback on the brokers, the yards and the project managers. Say 'No this won't work. Not feasible with current projections and demands'. Sorry this is an all over rant.
Thanks for your input on this, Clif. It's much appreciated.
I may be the ugly duckling, but I am wondering if demanding for rotation and more crew simultaneously, complaining about crew spaces too small and more crew at the same time is not a bit contradictory ... ?! Would you then complain that present tips are not enough to be shared with more crew members ??
@@CBLANC-nw8jo Crew rotation is usually seasonal. At least when I was back in yachting and rotation came into being. So the crew was the same for a season and tips were distributed at the end of the season, or per trip sometimes, but rarely. Some yacht contracts on charter yachts are per season, although there might be some who rotate more frequently but tips are designated for who worked on that trip. If you are on a yacht where there are 2 people to do the same job and it's an owner boat, never chartered out, then the owner won't 'tip' the crew. They might get year end bonuses, usually around Christmas time, but it is of the understanding your bonus is either cut in half, or the captain decides whom is getting what. I think rotation is great to prevent burnout. Especially on charter boats, but the business in general has a high burnout rate usually. Yachting quit all the time for various reasons. Some get enough money per season to live of off and take the rest of the year off, then come back when they need money. Thkse types don't usually last long. There are the people that make it a career, but again, that is maybe 10 years at the most. If you stay with an owner long enough, they usually find a position for you in a company they run, or make you part of the domestic staff to oversee their various homes if you are interior, or become an owners rep if you were a deck person who worked their way up. But there are obviously more jobs out there. Crew rotation isn't going to save those that are just prone to burn out that. Most yachting agree that there is a shelf life for every position. You either move up or burn out quicker is the usual line. Nobody wants to be second stew or lead deckhand forever. Eventually you want boson or first officer or head stew and purser if you are a career yachtie. But ther are all types out there just happy to,get some money and travel around wherever on a luxury yacht. Beats a non air conditioned fishing trawler with hammocks on the deck so you can hold more fish below and your only food is a handful of rice plus by catch. Seen those. Horrible conditions that make complaining about a wet head and Pullman bunk seem bad.
@@clifbradley As a owner, I wanted to know what to enphased on, as everything is not possible ... For example, if I have the room for, is it more interesting for crew to have more cabins, but individual ones, or bigger cabins, but dual ones ? is it better to have more rest time during cruise (for example by hiring an extra crew, as this would involve sharing tips, and impossibility to finance rotation ...?! That is why I would like to read comment saying "I would like this, even if it means not having that ! But if the comments are only "we went all improvments, I won't be able to make any choice: therefore, I will only rely on my Charter company advices...
The yacht I'm on pre-fills out the hours of rest and just makes us sign it. In reality, we work much more than stated on them.
Welcome to the maritime industry 😊
Wow, I've never heard of yachts doing this before!
Scary stuff
I was engineer on a 40m last summer with 6 crew; June - October flat out with maybe 6 days off in total during that time. I like to think my stamina is pretty good, but after a month of broken rest periods it becomes too much, short temper, lack of concentration and making mistakes with your work - which is typically high risk. It's no way to continue, I've stepped up in size to a boat with more crew, bigger budget and suddenly work feels like being on holiday.
Good to see you weekly!
I've experienced lack of sleep at my job in the Navy and I can assure that the consequences of that are way more serious than one can imagine. From the terrible mood to taking poor decisions. It all adds up in the end.
So True ,
Thank you, Juan. It's good to hear your point of view on this.
Hi Matthew, what excellent subject matter that current employees in the yachting community would not dare talk about! I have confidence that your excellent experience in the yachting industry will help others get the 😢working hours and the down time that our bodies and minds need.
Felt the need to post again, I have just read the ISWAN report on The Welfare of Superyacht Crews.
While some of the comments especially from senior crew especially Captains, are of the 'macho' if you don't like it get off variety, and some of the responses from younger, more junior crew appears to reflect the attitude that they are there for a holiday rather than work, with single cabins, unlimited free wi-fi, and other perks, regardless of the size of vessel or the guests needs.
It is very clear that crew across board are in agreement with Matthew's piece about proper rest or the lack of it. Confusing it seems, probably due to the small number of responses from 100m+ yachts that they are better rested at sea than in port, but with yachts 24m to 99m most crew report working excess hours with insufficient rest at sea, but improvement, although not perfect while in port and presumably off charter.
Thank you for the insightful piece on crew exhaustion. Navies work their crews hard, but certainly in the Royal Navy they are more than aware of the importance to time off duty. Also in the military you do not have to present a happy smiling face at all hours to paying guests. Very true point about properly recording hours of work and rest, because it is vital in the event of an accident. Hours sheets are legal documents, and falsely reporting on them is a fraudulent act, that could have serious consequences. As far as retention is concerned, the industry especially smaller charter boats can see an endless supply of potential crew, so are less likely to be bothered, compared to larger boats that want a crew with longevity. A mega yacht may possibly carry more guests, but it also has much more room for crew. Keep up the good work Matthew and I am sure your new path will clarify soon.
Thanks for the interesting insight. Ive been thinking about getting into the industry after a career of poor sleep as a firefighter. Physical and mental health is now a huge part of my life, can you see the yacht industry encouraging this way of life?
I worked on a 100 meter boat where we had 5 guys on deck working for 14-16 hours everyday for 2 weeks doing all the teak and hard work deck officers pressed us to put incorrect hours of rest... It was an unexpected VIP visit and everything needed to be perfectly done as soon as possible but that could be solved another way arranging couple of dayworkers or simply shown us some real leadership skills instead of looking us through the windows sitting below the aircon.
Another great video!
Very nice to see you back!
Hello Caio. It's great to hear from you! Did you manage to get started with your yachting career?
Time for time rotation is the way to go, it is the only way to keep the crew, especially officers and higher ranks. In regard of hours of rest as you said they should be recorded every day properly and and on a daily basis chief mate and captain should compensate as much as possible and on every occasion give extra rest to the crew that worked over time. Also all the periods with guests onboard are usually extremely strenuous and busy without any days off so all the weekends that were not off should be compensated for all of the crew if possible once the guests are not onboard. On the most of the boats that is just not the case and when I see dual season boat giving 30 days paid leave to the crew that is just disgraceful and a huge red flag. On a dual season boat it should be law for all the crew to have minimum 90 days paid leave and ideally for senior crew time for time rotation. As you pointed out correctly smaller boats are particularly problematic and not crewed properly. I liked also your point that it is not just a about the owners and a captain it is even more so about regulations and brokers and management companies. Yachting and generally maritime industry need regulation that are really going to protect seafarers so that we are not overworked and exploited. Solas starts with well rested crew. I will not even start writing about wages because it absolutely obvious that seafarers have same wages well over a decade and in the meantime our buying power is half of what it is used to be ten years ago...I feel like IMO can do a much better in the future with raising minimum wages for seafarers and making compulsory for all the boats to give more time off. It is just disgraceful that on a commercial cargo vessel all lower ranks are staying onboard for well over 8 months in a one go and than go home for a month or two and coming back onboard... that is just madness. All these things that I wrote will understand only seafarers not the people in the office...and that is the problem.
But that will lead to less crew, less yachts which means less work for us wanting it
@arthursandomine5464 Thanks for commenting. Giving all crew time for time rotation would actually mean more jobs, because for every position on board you'd need to employ 2 crew members.
I am guessing you never worked on a yacht built in the 1980s or before. You should see the awful crew quarters on older yachts. No windows or portholes. Sometimes 5-6 people per room. Narrow hallways and doors. Zero noise protection from engines or generators. It was wild. It was like US Navy standard for a submarine.
Matthew I appreciate your very interesting videos and I am sorry you quit yachting.
But reading all the comments going in the same way, I have few questions to ask...
What would you expect from good and fair owners :
Better wages, courses paid by the owner, more crew on board, bigger cabins, or even individual cabins, and bigger quarters, more daily rest time, rotation ???
Of course, everybody can imagine that it is IMPOSSIBLE to imagine to get EVERYTHING !!! exemple: you cannot fairly ask for more crew on board and less members in each room !?!
I would be please to know what would be the PREFERENCES for an owner effort !?
Sorry for my english, but I am french native.
I've long thought I woulld 'overstaff' a yacht were I an owner.
The quality of a yacht experience has more to do with the quality of the crew than it does with the yacht itself. To that end, it behooves an owner to do everything they can to make the yacht as attractive and efficient for the crew. And one of those factors without a doubt would be the quantity of crew for a given sized yacht, as that will reflect the workload expected of the crew.
Hey, would you be able to do a video on EU visas. I just don’t understand how I can work in the EU with just a Schengen visa. I’ve looked online and all the sites I go on constantly contradict themselves.
Thanks.
Agree 100%, its far too commonly accepted that we should work very long hours, with guests lives in our hands. And then only get a month off to go home too.
I have a question…what if i dont have my stcw basic safety training and work on a yacht?
Is there penalties?
Thanks
Thanks for the video. I'm interested if people at 30 who are too old to start in the industry. I mean, how huge is the age factor?
No, 30 is not too old! That being said, the demands of the job get more difficult with age, so I'd recommend getting started sooner rather than later.
I started at 34 as a deckhand. Worked before as a project manager for building industry. Mentality is problem. Yang people just have a fun but me only work.
@@AlekseiDiachkov-c6s thanks for the answer. Work ethic and mentality are not a problem.
Hello , which courses you can advise for getting oow certificates and how it will cost ?
Matthew, enjoyed your video as usual.
Always a good thing to discuss the pros and cons of ant subject.
I agree, what ever industry you work in, sleep is a very important part of your wellness, and productivity! Sleep Good, no sleep bad!
I continue to enjoy your topic of conversation.
I would like to say, Congratulations you currently have 12.4K subscribers.
Hi Matthew, as always a very insightful video, as someone wanting to get into the industry, I really appreciate the helpful subjects you cover. is going job hunting in the Mediterranean at June too late in your opinion?
So important talk & amazing job with pointing out this problem.
Amazing content, we missed you!
Thank you, FilipposAlx. It's good to be back!
Same on cruise ships. And of course if you say something about it they ll call you lazy, you cannot start complaining, because this extra working hours happens to often. If it is not ok for you as european, they ll find somebody from Asia who s fighting for his family and for whom the salary seems to be big. It could be a nice life on ships, but, they do their calculations. At the end of the day, the proof is they only care about money. 22 hours of work, 20, 19...and so on. After few months it doesn t metter if you have few more hours to rest, you re already burned. Why so upset? Because I would love to continue working on yachts or even cruise ships, I love the Sea, the travelling, the job...Problem is the time. It is unacceptable to work so hard with no weekend, and for so many hours per day. We all know it is pretty close to slavery. This will not change soon, we are not in the position to really do something.
Go work in a mine site and seethe differents
As a journeyman working 6 years in dense medium separation and mechanical engineering I can confirm this comment, Easter? What Easter? Christmas? What Christmas? Family? Lol Goodluck.
Rest is good as a tired miner could lead to a LTI (Lost time injury) you're correct the struggle is real lol.
This is a real problem. And in the real life of the crew, all these timesheets are only on paper and do not reflect reality. But everyone who works in the industry knows this and finds compromises to continue working sometimes 14-16 hours a day. Of course, there are boats with a more comfortable load and even a relaxed schedule, and there are very heavy boats with almost no rest.
you are lucky you ddidnt work on galley nightmare is x2
👍☑ Tks for the update.
Boo effin hoo. How will I ever sleep on my pile of money?