You missed musician for easiest job! 4hrs of work a day, explore every port, good pay relative to other jobs, and can sleep until 4pm everyday if you want
It's one of the easiest jobs when you get on the ship, but you're forgetting the countless hours and money spent on experience, education and gear. The reason we get paid well is because it's a specialised skill that not everyone can do.
@@brassholio As if anyone can do security, or be a chef, or do the other hard jobs mentioned in the video without training or prior experience lol, come on now man, even cleaning needs prior experience, my brother is a dj and had a single cabin and all the royalties the op mentions, while us security guys get a small cube of a cabin for two people, well good for you guys, it's not like a party on a ship will last 8 or 12 hours, so 4 hours it is for musicians/artists, but you guys do a lot of work for season preparation I give you that, my brothers brains run out of his nostrils preparing lists and stuff over his console and pc for nearly a month every day, I guess musicians that play organs have similar adversities in the prep department. Anyways good seas to all of us.
@tomatosauce7666 I could do a few courses over a few months and be able to do a security job. Not something like SECO, which does require years of experience, but 99.999% of the ships jobs I could do perfectly fine with, say, up to 1 year of training. That pales in comparison to my 30 years working on my craft and my degrees, and I have zero guilt about having a good life and good pay.
I always thought the housekeeping (room steward) had a hard job. We always give them an extra tip. I never realized that security had such a difficult job, but now I will appreciate these men and women much more now. Excellent video!
Being a chef on land, I've worked for 12hrs (with power breaks ) for year's. 16hrs during peak festivals. I can relate, but on board it is completely different as compared to working on land. There are less room for errors. I have many friends working as chefs on cruises some a paid really well, some not so much. Ps. I'll be boarding my cruise journey soon, so thanks for the heads up.
Thank you for recognising the Security Team, I hope the cruise line owners will notice your video and maybe hear the situation of their crew. Stay safe and see you soon, hopefully and all will be well, will be working with VV also. :)
Could you make a video about bad weather on cruise ships, like what happens with extremely bad weather and experiences you might have , btw love the vids.❤️
I have the hardest job on the ship...Wow Thanks for the love... Along with the Junior Engineers, we are also shipboard firefighters, medical first responders, mooring line handlers and most important, we drive the ship and ensure that we don't hit anything at sea like icebergs, big rocks, and other ships. Other hard jobs that don't get enough credit: The Electricians. Keeping the ship well-lit is no accident...
Whats the schedule for Security? I was in the Navy so we would always have “duty days” while in port. So it would be a crew one day and the next day ;or first day in the next port) that crew would be off. Is it anything like that?
••Hardest job : : chef (f&b) : housekeeping : butlers :security department •Easiest job : sells department : box office (booking show’s) : Casino : excursion department ...What about entertainment dear its the best and the easiest job ever ?? Big up for you bae ❤️♥️♥️
I was a bartender on Cunards QE2 from 1987-89, we were paid $900 a month plus a split of the 18% grat shared with the other bartenders as some worked service bars behind the scenes in the kitchen. With gratuity we made $2500-$3500 a month which was decent back then as room & meals included so little to no expenses. We worked on average 10hrs a day, say 10-2 then 6-12 depending on which bar you were working with decent time off in ports. Contracts back then much shorter than today, only 3mth on 1 off versus today's of up to 9 months on then 2 off. No security cameras then so many times we would end up in passenger cabins😉💋💕, or they would attend crew parties in crew cabins the norm, if caught just a slap on the wrist as the officers were doing the same thing, today you get fired if caught doing that. We certainly had it better then, different times & different attitudes to many things...
It is crazy how money has either stayed the same or gotten worse ;) I was on the QE2 2002/3... also made around $3000.. an old guy Brian might have even been a bartender when you were there..... always worked the Chart Room.. was a great time ;)
I never got the no hooking up with people on your own time. We are all humans and the touch of another human is something most crave especially in these days. More connected but more distant than ever
Easiest: Art Specialist/sales. Have a friend on Norwegian who used her art degree to work onboard & said it was the easiest money she ever made doing sales. At entry level she made six-figures in base salary & commissions.
So one of the places I’ve worked as a chef was a golf and country club that also did large banquet meals and honestly it was almost exactly the same as what you described as cruise chefs. I was working from 9-3:30 and then I was back at around 6 sometimes until 12-1. Now the place I was at only had me and one other chef so we were making three course meals for up to 210 people sometimes night after night (effectively 630 plates of food). Now doing that while at sea seems like a whole new hell although I’d assume it would be paid better than I was.
I worked as a dishwasher on Celebrity, it wasn't very stressful but it was a LOT of work. We started at 6am and worked until 9pm with only 2 hour breaks in between the meal periods.
IDK why the cruise industry doesn't have a mandatory one day off per 7 day work week. I mean pretty much every other profession (even doctors) get at least one day off during the week. I don't see why people who work as crew member of a ship should be any different in that regard. Although I did sort of wonder if people maybe take 2-3 months off between contracts so maybe that is considered as well as a benefit (if people do) to working basically every day mostly during a 4 or 6 month contract.
Don't see the Waiters and Assistant Waiters mentioned. I worked for RCI and as a waiter we worked 3 sometimes 4 split shifts per day..Up and report for check in at the dining room for breakfast service at 06h30 Service ends at 09h00 and then break down clean and set up for lunch perhaps finish at 10h30 then a break but report back for check in at 11h30 to start serving lunch from 12h00 to 14h00, then break down and set up for evening service..2 seatings first seating check in at 17h30 to start 18h00 second seating starts at 20h30 and then after setting up for next morning breakfast and side jobs you might be done at 23h30 or later depending on how much the guests decide to sitt and drink at their tables.. Try doind that for 6 months without a day off and you'll see what is really hard. When it's your turn you may also be called upon to serve at the Midnight buffet which starts at 24h00 till 01h00 and then we still have to clean after that and the we'll see you again at 06h30..Crazy
Our steward had 16 or so cabins. However, quite a few passengers elected to have them cleaned only once a day. Also when passengers caught COVID, he couldn’t enter the cabin while they were isolating. So for him passengers getting COVID was a bit of a blessing.
Did my time in restaurants, never again. The job is to please all of the people, all of the time; at the one thing in life they are the most picky about, their food.
Just love the way you explain everything. Your interpersonal skills are impressive. I'm now planning a trip in a "rockstar" cabin or better as I haven't had a holiday for 35 years and was a bit wary of the cruising 'Scene' as I had heard quits a few negative reports. I will be travelling alone so I can just relax and have other people cook for me etc. Thank you and keep up the great work.
Hardest job definitely is security. Never mind the hours and responsibility, how about travelling to hundreds of fantastic destinations around the world, but never ever seeing them. But seeing everybody else (including other crew members) getting off and having a good time. All the while standing there in the heat, as you mentioned, and having to be smiley happy people for the passengers. Sorry, sailors. Then in a SHTF situation, like a hijacking, or piirates - they are in the firing line. Easiest job? Trumpet, trombone or saxophonist - only do 2 hours a night, mostly get the night off if no dots (written musical parts) supplied by the cabaret. Never do any solo spots like the piano players, but get the same money as all the other house musos. And piano players might have to get up and do a 10am spot in a packed out Tiffany's (hungover), with the next night's cabaret singer looking on with interest :-). Nowhere to hide! If it's a six month contract, the keys bass and drums will be working every night and many daytimes, without so much as a single night off potentially. Plus rehearsals and band calls etc. While the front line are snoring away in their cabin bunks, dreaming of all the money they're making :-).
I’d say housekeeping and people in the galley work the hardest,physically the hardest. The easiest if you will I’d say is either playlist performers or shore ex… bar also works a lot cause the hours are crazy long,from very early in the morning to well Past midnight and they depend on the tips,and you don’t always get to go out that much depending on your schedule.
Not sure I agree about "excursions". . . It's not heavy lifting and the perks are many as you stated but the stress can be life threatening! No matter how stupid or unpleasant a passenger is you have to herd them gracefully onto the correct transportation, get them there, see that they have a positive experience and then reverse the process with many incidentals that can't really be planned for. And how often does that go off without a hitch? Herding passengers is like herding angry cats and if they can mess up they will. Then the transportation, weather, the destination, the roads, traffic, lost passengers etc etc can all go wrong and it falls to excursions to make everything right with the world. . . Nope. . . I'll stick with the casino where if your tips aren't 10 times your pay you're not doing it right. . .
I'm going to be a first time assistant chef for NCL in just a few months. Very excited but still mentally preparing for the insane work hours, but I think it'll definitely be worth it!
It appears you have the same scar as my wife, open heart surgery? My wife and I love cruising and always tip directly and well. Plus do the normal tips. Great videos!
The food and house cleaning people are amazing. They do a fantastic job. I have great respect for these people. I always try to tip them well. Security, keep us safe. I had a bratty kid running around wildly, hit my legs and started to cry. His mom started to go ballistic. Security was called, I explained myself, security cameras were reviewed and nothing happened. These two had to show up for no reason.
No matter where you work as a chef you will work 12 to 16 hours. It's part of the job and most chefs don't mind this because they like to cook. Feeding 250 people really isn't a lot. I expected it to be much higher on a big ship.
I was offered a Chef position on Norwegian went through half the process. However when I did the math of what was expected it didn’t add up so I passed on the position. You have to have a work/life balance or else what’s the point of it all🤷🏾♂️
Alot of people (usually crew from other depts) like to think entertainment has the easiest job (not talking about cast thats another ball game) and many want to train to become a tech (stage hand/light/sound ect) because according to them we have it so easy and the moneys good. And it always really annoys me because 1 it depends on size of ship, when i worked on a 2000+ passenger ship yeah we had like the easiest job, couple shows a week and a few band sets thats it. But on big 6000+ passenger ships, multiple venues, so many more events yeah not as fun. Maintenance alone eats up a good chunck of "off" time (aka but theres no shows so you cant have anything to do right 😑) just today we had venue Maintenance that had their whole team there for 5 hours outside in the cold. And after that we still had our various events to go set up and strike. But people will look at our daily schedule and go your only scheduled for 6 hours thats nothing, which true, until you get that phone call saying we need to go set/strike this thing now, or a pipe burst above the stage and we need to clean up, or hey we havent done the weekly maintenance yet lets do it now, and suddenly your 6 hour "easy" day ballons into much more. Like from the outside looking in alot of people see us doing nothing during the day and working a couple shows at night, but god theres so much more. And lets not forget that unlike most jobs where once you clock out you are done till next shift, we are always and i mean always on call. At anytime you can and will recieve a call asking for something to get done. The amount of times i would finally sit down to dinner only to get a call asking to go do something cause i was the only guy available...to many to count. And when the ship does crew events guess who still has to work...entertainment. oh you want to do a crew talent show, guess sound and lights have to work. You want to have a band play for a party there goes the lounge tech. You want to put on a production show for crew now a whole team of people have to work extra. So yeah pay, even base pay, is better then some jobs onboard but it is by far the luxurious life other people make it out to be. This is not meant to put down people that work in other depts like housekeeping or f&b, just to say that its not all what it seems. (Also dont read this as me hating my job cause i dont. I just have a low tolerance for other people viewing it as one of the easiest jobs you could have. If i wanted an easy job i'd learn how to play piano and be a conductor for the broadway shows onboard cause those guys literally do nothing)
I worked on cruise ships for the past 6 years so I don't speak from what I heard...I agree with you but...many people don't understand one thing... the housekeeping staff works hard but the money is very good...I know guys that have their own hotels back home...Every person who works on the ships thinks that their job is the worst or the hardest...even shops work very hard and to be honest...are paid nowadays worst then everybody else.
I have both cooking and casino dealing experience and have been wanting to go work on a cruise ship. I wish the chefs got more time off! I’m more passionate in that field, but It is definitely a hard job where as being a dealer I find to be incredibly easy and to have more time off in ports and pay is better… wow
HOSPITAL/HEALTHCARE: I work in a hospital (Ranked #1 in USA) in the "Engineering" department as a power plant operator. And I agree with you! As I observe and add my 2 cents. #1 Hardest workers are by far in EVS (Environmental Services). They deserve every bit of recognition that they rarely receive. #2 NUTRITION (Dietary). Talk about a necessary component. They are treated so poorly, like they couldn't work at McDonalds. Always with a smile, clean, and professional. Thanks.
Dang if I knew about being a chef on a ship I might’ve stayed in the industry. I was a pastry chef at a world renowned ski resort and I worked from 7:30am to midnight and some nights all the way up to 2am, with ONE 30 minute meal break at noon, sometimes 15 minutes near dinner time. That work schedule absolutely torched any passion I had for the industry and I left.
I worked in the hair salon for celebrity, pay was so poor, but the time off was plenty!! Also dated a security guy, and I must say his lifestyle wasn’t to shabby!!🎉🍹🏝
I have no experience in working 😔 on a cruiseship. I have a BA and Masters degree and a good resume. I live in NY and I apply but the titles of the jobs seem very complex and specific and i never hear a word back whatsoever. And no i dont have any bad ba kgrkubd stuff .How do I break that cycle of never hearing back? Also do they care if you have any outstanding tickets or parking tickets as a requirement? Do they care if you have one tiny visable tattoo? What state or states do you need to be living in to get hired? Im in NY. Im totaly clueless of how to get started and I just see alll these videos from people who have youtube channels that work on cruiseships and i just wish i knew how they got started. Is it newrly impossible to get hired ont Caribbean or a bigger ship ? Any links ?
A comment from a cruise working veteran: Yes, shop, casino, gallery do get a ridiculous amount of time off but however, do keep in mind this isn't the case 100%, more like 50%. If you do have a lot of time off, they will fill your free time with side duties, such as: Helping in the shops, standing in front of restaurants spraying oncoming guests hands with disinfectant while making the most degrading sound ever: Washy Washy!, helping during every embarkation or disembarkation and so on and so forth. These videos however helpful, sometimes forget to mention the real inside scoop and how it actually is. Don't forget, no one is paying you to be off and sleeping.
Actually this helped me understand a little more about how the other department works and of course the Pros & Cons of those departments. Overall quite an informative video it was. Thank you :)
One of the hardest jobs my son had on a cruise ship, it was working in ship’s laundry. Dealing with both the crew uniforms and also passengers laundry,it got crazy..
If “they should be paid more”, then why are they taking jobs where they are paid less than they should? These are mass professions, and the amount/difficulty of work vs compensation is the classic supply vs demand play.
The houseman onboard the ship also have the insane privilege of handling the luggage if all the passengers when embarking and disembarkation days… your sift is never the same.. you can be working in the morning one week then the next week your working overnight..
Point of correction a galley steward is the hardest jobs on a cruise ship because they are responsible for the cleaning of plates, pots and pans and even the machines the chefs uses to cook, including the walls counters, ceiling and floor of every area in the galley. I know all this because thats what I do on princess cruises. And it's even gets harder when Where docking in a US port because the cleaning have to be 👌 and where not even been paid much just a few hundred dollars a month not even a $1000. Even the f&b director knows the galley stewards have the hardest job on a cruise ship. The other departments works had and gets the money for it but the galley stewards don't.
❤ that's exactly what I do now and i love it but the cost of living is to much ❤ I'm looking to find entry level cruise ship job working customer service thank you for this video ❤❤❤❤❤🎉 stay safe
Good night Lucy my name is Kathy-ann I look at you almost every thank you for all of the advice. Am starting my. Contract on royal caribbean next week please God
What about the engineering crew, working down in the bottom of the ships making sure the sewage system is working, the lights stay on and the rest of the ship if cool and comfortable. Its a hot, loud and dangerous.. Sure house keeping is busy, but they dont have a chance of being brunt by hot steam, or zapped by high voltage electric current. The chief is busy and could get brunt, but dont have to deal with sewage and unclogging piping and pumps, they littery deal with the waste from every one!...
Hii , I'm gonna be starting my cruise journey really soon now .i am joining as a beauty therapist 😊 , and your videos have helped me understand life on cruise a lot ❤️❤️i have a friend who is a make up artist ,do any cruise ship recruit make- up artist?
Working in excursion when you say, you get a lot of time off, do you mean the fact of having your time to do whatever you want to do or you get that time off when you're leading the excursions?
I appreciate this so much! I want to be part of a cruise crew , and i dont even know how to apply! I am open to any apartment. Can u tell us how did u get it ? Thank you
I wondered the same an I am an emt // rn. I have heard you have to have a number of years of experience in emergency medicine or critical care to have to work as one. Not too surprisingly, I would bet that job is very high stress when you have to deal with emergencies and deaths.
That roadies or however you spell that make in the region of 8 to 10k a week so basically this does not meet the criteria that you set at the beginning of your vid ...
Yes I'm a cook and we have so many responsibilities and we pay so low, I really don't know why and is everywhere land, ships... BTW what the name of shop work I need to look for?
You missed musician for easiest job! 4hrs of work a day, explore every port, good pay relative to other jobs, and can sleep until 4pm everyday if you want
It's one of the easiest jobs when you get on the ship, but you're forgetting the countless hours and money spent on experience, education and gear. The reason we get paid well is because it's a specialised skill that not everyone can do.
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@@brassholio As if anyone can do security, or be a chef, or do the other hard jobs mentioned in the video without training or prior experience lol, come on now man, even cleaning needs prior experience, my brother is a dj and had a single cabin and all the royalties the op mentions, while us security guys get a small cube of a cabin for two people, well good for you guys, it's not like a party on a ship will last 8 or 12 hours, so 4 hours it is for musicians/artists, but you guys do a lot of work for season preparation I give you that, my brothers brains run out of his nostrils preparing lists and stuff over his console and pc for nearly a month every day, I guess musicians that play organs have similar adversities in the prep department. Anyways good seas to all of us.
@tomatosauce7666 I could do a few courses over a few months and be able to do a security job. Not something like SECO, which does require years of experience, but 99.999% of the ships jobs I could do perfectly fine with, say, up to 1 year of training. That pales in comparison to my 30 years working on my craft and my degrees, and I have zero guilt about having a good life and good pay.
OMG so easy but musician must need to be a talent and nice voice right
I always thought the housekeeping (room steward) had a hard job. We always give them an extra tip. I never realized that security had such a difficult job, but now I will appreciate these men and women much more now. Excellent video!
U have never seen the Ut. Cleaner and small cooks doing their jobs inside the galley.. it's a nightmare
Can man do this job ? Or housekeeping is exclusively for women only
@@AlaBenhassen-lq6ev We've had men as our room steward many times.
Being a chef on land, I've worked for 12hrs (with power breaks ) for year's. 16hrs during peak festivals. I can relate, but on board it is completely different as compared to working on land. There are less room for errors. I have many friends working as chefs on cruises some a paid really well, some not so much.
Ps. I'll be boarding my cruise journey soon, so thanks for the heads up.
Thank you for recognising the Security Team, I hope the cruise line owners will notice your video and maybe hear the situation of their crew. Stay safe and see you soon, hopefully and all will be well, will be working with VV also. :)
Could you make a video about bad weather on cruise ships, like what happens with extremely bad weather and experiences you might have , btw love the vids.❤️
Great suggestion. I'd watch❤️
Same!
I always wondered.... I would love to see a video on this
Yes please can you do this I am very interested like do you notice it’s really bad weather
You drawn and then you die. What else?
I just came off a Carnival cruise and my stateroom attendant had 35 rooms, the guy down the hall said he had 37. I was shocked.
That’s absolutely ridiculous
I have the hardest job on the ship...Wow Thanks for the love...
Along with the Junior Engineers, we are also shipboard firefighters, medical first responders, mooring line handlers and most important, we drive the ship and ensure that we don't hit anything at sea like icebergs, big rocks, and other ships.
Other hard jobs that don't get enough credit: The Electricians. Keeping the ship well-lit is no accident...
Whats the schedule for Security? I was in the Navy so we would always have “duty days” while in port. So it would be a crew one day and the next day ;or first day in the next port) that crew would be off. Is it anything like that?
Totally agree, I worked as a "Shopie" as you do and totally enjoyed it.
••Hardest job :
: chef (f&b)
: housekeeping
: butlers
:security department
•Easiest job
: sells department
: box office (booking show’s)
: Casino
: excursion department
...What about entertainment dear its the best and the easiest job ever ?? Big up for you bae ❤️♥️♥️
Where us UT Cleaners? 😂
I was a bartender on Cunards QE2 from 1987-89, we were paid $900 a month plus a split of the 18% grat shared with the other bartenders as some worked service bars behind the scenes in the kitchen. With gratuity we made $2500-$3500 a month which was decent back then as room & meals included so little to no expenses. We worked on average 10hrs a day, say 10-2 then 6-12 depending on which bar you were working with decent time off in ports. Contracts back then much shorter than today, only 3mth on 1 off versus today's of up to 9 months on then 2 off. No security cameras then so many times we would end up in passenger cabins😉💋💕, or they would attend crew parties in crew cabins the norm, if caught just a slap on the wrist as the officers were doing the same thing, today you get fired if caught doing that. We certainly had it better then, different times & different attitudes to many things...
It is crazy how money has either stayed the same or gotten worse ;) I was on the QE2 2002/3... also made around $3000.. an old guy Brian might have even been a bartender when you were there..... always worked the Chart Room.. was a great time ;)
I never got the no hooking up with people on your own time. We are all humans and the touch of another human is something most crave especially in these days. More connected but more distant than ever
Easiest: Art Specialist/sales. Have a friend on Norwegian who used her art degree to work onboard & said it was the easiest money she ever made doing sales. At entry level she made six-figures in base salary & commissions.
So one of the places I’ve worked as a chef was a golf and country club that also did large banquet meals and honestly it was almost exactly the same as what you described as cruise chefs. I was working from 9-3:30 and then I was back at around 6 sometimes until 12-1. Now the place I was at only had me and one other chef so we were making three course meals for up to 210 people sometimes night after night (effectively 630 plates of food). Now doing that while at sea seems like a whole new hell although I’d assume it would be paid better than I was.
I worked as a dishwasher on Celebrity, it wasn't very stressful but it was a LOT of work. We started at 6am and worked until 9pm with only 2 hour breaks in between the meal periods.
Hey there I'd like to apply for that position on cruise ship, any heads up
Bro i have selected there as barista, can you share somethings about barista life there, about work and paid?
Working in a Pot wash and dish wash also a very hard job i must say.i works in valiant lady .i have seen these people and they are unstoppable.
Can you make a video for first timers like the interviews what to prepare and everything else necessary
IDK why the cruise industry doesn't have a mandatory one day off per 7 day work week. I mean pretty much every other profession (even doctors) get at least one day off during the week. I don't see why people who work as crew member of a ship should be any different in that regard. Although I did sort of wonder if people maybe take 2-3 months off between contracts so maybe that is considered as well as a benefit (if people do) to working basically every day mostly during a 4 or 6 month contract.
Every ship and warship operates this way. No days off. There's no room for slackers
@@SamYoungRadioNope, in the military you work less on Sundays. It’s called holiday routine.
Thanka alot for putting us 1st on the hardest workers on the ships...most of the time we r getting hammered everyday sous chefs 😁
Don't see the Waiters and Assistant Waiters mentioned. I worked for RCI and as a waiter we worked 3 sometimes 4 split shifts per day..Up and report for check in at the dining room for breakfast service at 06h30 Service ends at 09h00 and then break down clean and set up for lunch perhaps finish at 10h30 then a break but report back for check in at 11h30 to start serving lunch from 12h00 to 14h00, then break down and set up for evening service..2 seatings first seating check in at 17h30 to start 18h00 second seating starts at 20h30 and then after setting up for next morning breakfast and side jobs you might be done at 23h30 or later depending on how much the guests decide to sitt and drink at their tables.. Try doind that for 6 months without a day off and you'll see what is really hard. When it's your turn you may also be called upon to serve at the Midnight buffet which starts at 24h00 till 01h00 and then we still have to clean after that and the we'll see you again at 06h30..Crazy
Was applying to be a waitress but I'm now scared ,might not survive the fatigue 😢
Our steward had 16 or so cabins. However, quite a few passengers elected to have them cleaned only once a day. Also when passengers caught COVID, he couldn’t enter the cabin while they were isolating. So for him passengers getting COVID was a bit of a blessing.
Did my time in restaurants, never again. The job is to please all of the people, all of the time; at the one thing in life they are the most picky about, their food.
I will never go back as an RA lol. Never!
Just love the way you explain everything.
Your interpersonal skills are impressive.
I'm now planning a trip in a "rockstar" cabin or better as I haven't had a holiday for 35 years and was a bit wary of the cruising 'Scene' as I had heard quits a few negative reports.
I will be travelling alone so I can just relax and have other people cook for me etc.
Thank you and keep up the great work.
Hardest job definitely is security. Never mind the hours and responsibility, how about travelling to hundreds of fantastic destinations around the world, but never ever seeing them. But seeing everybody else (including other crew members) getting off and having a good time. All the while standing there in the heat, as you mentioned, and having to be smiley happy people for the passengers. Sorry, sailors. Then in a SHTF situation, like a hijacking, or piirates - they are in the firing line.
Easiest job? Trumpet, trombone or saxophonist - only do 2 hours a night, mostly get the night off if no dots (written musical parts) supplied by the cabaret. Never do any solo spots like the piano players, but get the same money as all the other house musos. And piano players might have to get up and do a 10am spot in a packed out Tiffany's (hungover), with the next night's cabaret singer looking on with interest :-). Nowhere to hide! If it's a six month contract, the keys bass and drums will be working every night and many daytimes, without so much as a single night off potentially. Plus rehearsals and band calls etc. While the front line are snoring away in their cabin bunks, dreaming of all the money they're making :-).
Yawn. Physical security is super easy
@@protonneutron9046 Big tough guy over here eh
@@conorsmyth9963 You are? OR, are you SO uneducated that you don't understand the grammar of your native language? Which one?
@@protonneutron9046 Yawn. English language is super easy
@@conorsmyth9963 Not for you based on your post.
I’d say housekeeping and people in the galley work the hardest,physically the hardest. The easiest if you will I’d say is either playlist performers or shore ex… bar also works a lot cause the hours are crazy long,from very early in the morning to well Past midnight and they depend on the tips,and you don’t always get to go out that much depending on your schedule.
Greetings from Perú ❤️ I love your channel. I'm going to work as a sales Associate on NCL with dufry.. My first contract. I'm nervous and excited.
Hello, I am looking for sales associate CV, would you mind sharing yours? Thank you
Are you still hanging there🛳?😮
I an a federal Vivian mariner and i enjoy watching your videos when i am doing my midnight shifts when not much is going on….
Not sure I agree about "excursions". . . It's not heavy lifting and the perks are many as you stated but the stress can be life threatening! No matter how stupid or unpleasant a passenger is you have to herd them gracefully onto the correct transportation, get them there, see that they have a positive experience and then reverse the process with many incidentals that can't really be planned for. And how often does that go off without a hitch? Herding passengers is like herding angry cats and if they can mess up they will. Then the transportation, weather, the destination, the roads, traffic, lost passengers etc etc can all go wrong and it falls to excursions to make everything right with the world. . . Nope. . . I'll stick with the casino where if your tips aren't 10 times your pay you're not doing it right. . .
OMG! They’re coming out of the port holes now! Do Casino workers have any formal training?
hey what is average dealer salary and tip on cruise ship?
I would love a video on an activity host/cruise staff job!!! Love the video as always
Can u make a video about cruise staff and their activities?? Btw ur da best dear ❤️♥️
I'm going to be a first time assistant chef for NCL in just a few months. Very excited but still mentally preparing for the insane work hours, but I think it'll definitely be worth it!
It appears you have the same scar as my wife, open heart surgery? My wife and I love cruising and always tip directly and well. Plus do the normal tips. Great videos!
The food and house cleaning people are amazing. They do a fantastic job. I have great respect for these people. I always try to tip them well. Security, keep us safe. I had a bratty kid running around wildly, hit my legs and started to cry. His mom started to go ballistic. Security was called, I explained myself, security cameras were reviewed and nothing happened. These two had to show up for no reason.
I’ve been watching all of your videos! Because I applied to the royal Caribbean hope I get the job! 🙏🏼
Hey there hope you keeping well, I have applied too at Royal Carribean, so have you got any news?
Did you get it?
No matter where you work as a chef you will work 12 to 16 hours. It's part of the job and most chefs don't mind this because they like to cook. Feeding 250 people really isn't a lot. I expected it to be much higher on a big ship.
did it on an aircraft carrier...15,000 meals per day
Galley Steward is the hardest job on a cruise ship. Lots of heavy lifting and standing for long hours.
Ty for this video, im considering working on cruiseships just to travel. Idc about pay just care about having lots of time off to explore the ports!
I was offered a Chef position on Norwegian went through half the process. However when I did the math of what was expected it didn’t add up so I passed on the position. You have to have a work/life balance or else what’s the point of it all🤷🏾♂️
Was it the guest to employee ratio?
Workload, management issues or not employee empathetic?
I have following ur video for past few days it's very useful and informative..thanks Lucy
Housekeeping team are worth their weight in diamonds 💎 just wish people weren’t such pigs and have more respect for our hard working team.
Gosh would love to see a mega Rockstar suite if possible. Love your videos.
Alot of people (usually crew from other depts) like to think entertainment has the easiest job (not talking about cast thats another ball game) and many want to train to become a tech (stage hand/light/sound ect) because according to them we have it so easy and the moneys good.
And it always really annoys me because 1 it depends on size of ship, when i worked on a 2000+ passenger ship yeah we had like the easiest job, couple shows a week and a few band sets thats it. But on big 6000+ passenger ships, multiple venues, so many more events yeah not as fun.
Maintenance alone eats up a good chunck of "off" time (aka but theres no shows so you cant have anything to do right 😑) just today we had venue Maintenance that had their whole team there for 5 hours outside in the cold. And after that we still had our various events to go set up and strike. But people will look at our daily schedule and go your only scheduled for 6 hours thats nothing, which true, until you get that phone call saying we need to go set/strike this thing now, or a pipe burst above the stage and we need to clean up, or hey we havent done the weekly maintenance yet lets do it now, and suddenly your 6 hour "easy" day ballons into much more.
Like from the outside looking in alot of people see us doing nothing during the day and working a couple shows at night, but god theres so much more. And lets not forget that unlike most jobs where once you clock out you are done till next shift, we are always and i mean always on call. At anytime you can and will recieve a call asking for something to get done. The amount of times i would finally sit down to dinner only to get a call asking to go do something cause i was the only guy available...to many to count.
And when the ship does crew events guess who still has to work...entertainment. oh you want to do a crew talent show, guess sound and lights have to work. You want to have a band play for a party there goes the lounge tech. You want to put on a production show for crew now a whole team of people have to work extra.
So yeah pay, even base pay, is better then some jobs onboard but it is by far the luxurious life other people make it out to be.
This is not meant to put down people that work in other depts like housekeeping or f&b, just to say that its not all what it seems. (Also dont read this as me hating my job cause i dont. I just have a low tolerance for other people viewing it as one of the easiest jobs you could have. If i wanted an easy job i'd learn how to play piano and be a conductor for the broadway shows onboard cause those guys literally do nothing)
Thank you for explaining everything so clearly.
What do you think or what doyou have to say about nurses and other healthcare Jobs?
I worked on cruise ships for the past 6 years so I don't speak from what I heard...I agree with you but...many people don't understand one thing... the housekeeping staff works hard but the money is very good...I know guys that have their own hotels back home...Every person who works on the ships thinks that their job is the worst or the hardest...even shops work very hard and to be honest...are paid nowadays worst then everybody else.
What about electricains and other maintenance jobs ?
I have both cooking and casino dealing experience and have been wanting to go work on a cruise ship. I wish the chefs got more time off! I’m more passionate in that field, but It is definitely a hard job where as being a dealer I find to be incredibly easy and to have more time off in ports and pay is better… wow
Your presentations are wunderful. Thank you
The gally stewards and cleaners from housekeeping got the hardest jobs
HOSPITAL/HEALTHCARE: I work in a hospital (Ranked #1 in USA) in the "Engineering" department as a power plant operator. And I agree with you! As I observe and add my 2 cents.
#1 Hardest workers are by far in EVS (Environmental Services). They deserve every bit of recognition that they rarely receive.
#2 NUTRITION (Dietary). Talk about a necessary component. They are treated so poorly, like they couldn't work at McDonalds. Always with a smile, clean, and professional.
Thanks.
I enjoy your videos! What about Photographers?
I wud love to have some tips...on photographer..I've applied for MSC
I really like your videos, rigth now I am about to get a contract as a Youth Staff in Royal Caribbean, so what do you think about it?
Dang if I knew about being a chef on a ship I might’ve stayed in the industry. I was a pastry chef at a world renowned ski resort and I worked from 7:30am to midnight and some nights all the way up to 2am, with ONE 30 minute meal break at noon, sometimes 15 minutes near dinner time. That work schedule absolutely torched any passion I had for the industry and I left.
I worked in the hair salon for celebrity, pay was so poor, but the time off was plenty!! Also dated a security guy, and I must say his lifestyle wasn’t to shabby!!🎉🍹🏝
At least you were fucked good
Hey I’m a barber and I’m curious about working as a barber on a cruise. How did you get paid? What were the hours? How much time off?
Thank you for this information!
Some sites companies to apply?
I’M SO EXCITED!!! I’ll be in excursions next month!
Do some MEAT :)
Share yiur exp...
What about Fitness Trainers??
I have no experience in working 😔 on a cruiseship. I have a BA and Masters degree and a good resume. I live in NY and I apply but the titles of the jobs seem very complex and specific and i never hear a word back whatsoever. And no i dont have any bad ba kgrkubd stuff .How do I break that cycle of never hearing back? Also do they care if you have any outstanding tickets or parking tickets as a requirement? Do they care if you have one tiny visable tattoo? What state or states do you need to be living in to get hired? Im in NY. Im totaly clueless of how to get started and I just see alll these videos from people who have youtube channels that work on cruiseships and i just wish i knew how they got started. Is it newrly impossible to get hired ont Caribbean or a bigger ship ? Any links ?
How do you go about applying as a RN on the ship?
Great video. Are you familiar with cruise ship nursing? I'm interested in what you think of their work/lifestyle on a ship......
i think this is great job, and the salary is higher than most of them jobs
A comment from a cruise working veteran: Yes, shop, casino, gallery do get a ridiculous amount of time off but however, do keep in mind this isn't the case 100%, more like 50%. If you do have a lot of time off, they will fill your free time with side duties, such as: Helping in the shops, standing in front of restaurants spraying oncoming guests hands with disinfectant while making the most degrading sound ever: Washy Washy!, helping during every embarkation or disembarkation and so on and so forth. These videos however helpful, sometimes forget to mention the real inside scoop and how it actually is. Don't forget, no one is paying you to be off and sleeping.
Actually this helped me understand a little more about how the other department works and of course the Pros & Cons of those departments.
Overall quite an informative video it was.
Thank you :)
One of the hardest jobs my son had on a cruise ship, it was working in ship’s laundry. Dealing with both the crew uniforms and also passengers laundry,it got crazy..
I'm in IT and I am thinking about working on a cruise ship I didn't here you mention IT jobs. Can you tell me more about that.
I hear about cruise ships having gyms on them. Do they have people that just work in the gyms and how would you rank that job?
Do you have a video talking about Youth Staff, Sport Staff and Cruise Staff? 😊
Can you make a video about Youth Staff/Counselor? Thank you🙏🏻
Housekeeping like Room Steward and public area are paid little of money been there so I know
Would you say a spa therapist is a hard or easy job and what are the pros about it
If “they should be paid more”, then why are they taking jobs where they are paid less than they should? These are mass professions, and the amount/difficulty of work vs compensation is the classic supply vs demand play.
Is there any type of I.T. jobs that support the crew and passengers?
I think the worst aspect of the casino is breathing the smoke.
No ways .... Galley and waiters are one of most hardest jobs ever.....
The houseman onboard the ship also have the insane privilege of handling the luggage if all the passengers when embarking and disembarkation days… your sift is never the same.. you can be working in the morning one week then the next week your working overnight..
Hi! with the excursions department is there an agency you can go through like harding retail or do you do it directly through the company to apply?
I didn’t hear you mention the medical department. What about nurses?
Security officers no doubt have a difficult job..it’s 24 hours…cctv, the odd idiots - etc etc…
Can you please make a video on waiters and serving staff
I used to be a chef on Holland America, I confirm, it's hard af.
10 cabinets per housekeeper is not a lot try 15 to 20 now thats better because the cabinets are small except suits
Hi Lucy, how to be qualified to become a shop assistant?
Point of correction a galley steward is the hardest jobs on a cruise ship because they are responsible for the cleaning of plates, pots and pans and even the machines the chefs uses to cook, including the walls counters, ceiling and floor of every area in the galley. I know all this because thats what I do on princess cruises. And it's even gets harder when Where docking in a US port because the cleaning have to be 👌 and where not even been paid much just a few hundred dollars a month not even a $1000. Even the f&b director knows the galley stewards have the hardest job on a cruise ship. The other departments works had and gets the money for it but the galley stewards don't.
What’s the salary
❤ that's exactly what I do now and i love it but the cost of living is to much ❤ I'm looking to find entry level cruise ship job working customer service thank you for this video ❤❤❤❤❤🎉 stay safe
Worst 3. house keeping 2.restuarts 1. Galley those 3 total disaster. TOTAL DISASTER
Best 3. Dj 2. casino host 1.shore excursions IMO
Hey! Would you please tell us how many hours could work as waiter during shift! Like when starting or finishing?
Hey how is the life of a Guest Service Officer on a cruise ship?
They have similar long working hours and no port off day?
Very interesting topic! Another great video Lucy ;)
Buuut where is that acupuncture interview??😜
Good night Lucy my name is Kathy-ann I look at you almost every thank you for all of the advice. Am starting my. Contract on royal caribbean next week please God
What about the engineering crew, working down in the bottom of the ships making sure the sewage system is working, the lights stay on and the rest of the ship if cool and comfortable. Its a hot, loud and dangerous.. Sure house keeping is busy, but they dont have a chance of being brunt by hot steam, or zapped by high voltage electric current. The chief is busy and could get brunt, but dont have to deal with sewage and unclogging piping and pumps, they littery deal with the waste from every one!...
It is no that different from merchant vessels (besides the scale), I'd think, so pay and job conditions should be commensurate
@@dmitripogosian5084 larger scale, but the crew in the engineering and deck departments ae a lot bigger than on merchant ships, so it all evens out.
Hii , I'm gonna be starting my cruise journey really soon now .i am joining as a beauty therapist 😊 , and your videos have helped me understand life on cruise a lot ❤️❤️i have a friend who is a make up artist ,do any cruise ship recruit make- up artist?
Hey nice video, could you please tell about the deck Department like the difficulty level of ordinary Seaman work on board a cruise ship ?
Working in excursion when you say, you get a lot of time off, do you mean the fact of having your time to do whatever you want to do or you get that time off when you're leading the excursions?
What about a restaurant attendant.
Is their work difficult?
And pls can you tell me what are the duties of a restaurant attendant. Thank you.
How do you find paramedic job on cruises? Are they working all the time?
Hello..what is your job on cruise?I like your videos and just curious about what you do on board?
What about the deck department? And what they get paid and what they do everyday?…
What about entertainment jobs. Musicians on ships? Hard or not, pay compensation, etc?
Hey! Could you please tell more about roadies ? Is it possible to have tips ? Do they have a rest 😂can they go outside?
I appreciate this so much! I want to be part of a cruise crew , and i dont even know how to apply! I am open to any apartment. Can u tell us how did u get it ? Thank you
Have you done a video about medical yet? I'm a nurse practitioner, which also means I'm a nurse.... what is it like to be an onboard nurse?
I wondered the same an I am an emt // rn. I have heard you have to have a number of years of experience in emergency medicine or critical care to have to work as one. Not too surprisingly, I would bet that job is very high stress when you have to deal with emergencies and deaths.
What about Food and Beverage department? Servers? Server assistants?
I have so many questionssss. What is it like for the waitresses?
That roadies or however you spell that make in the region of 8 to 10k a week so basically this does not meet the criteria that you set at the beginning of your vid ...
Yes I'm a cook and we have so many responsibilities and we pay so low, I really don't know why and is everywhere land, ships... BTW what the name of shop work I need to look for?
I wonder why you missed the galley steward in worst job..
Just tell me where we Have rest 4 HOURS And start at 8? 6:30 start rest 2h from 2 to 4 and that is that until 22:00