The Secret Lives Of Cruise Ship Workers

Americans Don’t Typically Make Good Crew Members

The workday for crew members on a cruise is grueling. Employees work extremely long days and can often end up working 300 hours a month. This does not fit into the American idea of 40-hour work weeks and relaxing weekends, which is why cruise ships often employ the majority of their workers from other countries.

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According to Kat, a cruise worker who spoke to Mental Floss, many cruise liners won’t even hire American workers because the rate of people quitting is too high. Americans are also more expensive to employ because one American dollar is worth more to a person from a developing country that has a different system of currency. It still doesn’t make it right, and might make it tougher for Americans to get the job they want on a cruise line. Maybe they become so enamored with the destinations they travel to, that they want to quit on the spot and move there!

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