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Productive fun place to work
Reservations Sales Clerk (Former Employee), San Bernardino, CA – March 25, 2013
Pros: lots of career opportunities
Cons: worked on a point system can only improve if you received a lot of points
Telesales, handles over 100 calls a day from travel agents and individuals. I learned that customers are not ALWAYS right within company guidelines they can be wrong. I learned excelent phone etiquete. My co workers was helpful and very supportive. The hardest part of the job was knowing that the supervisors can log into your call at anytime and listen – more... and critique you on the calls at any time. The most enjoyable part of the job was knowing that when they do listen in its to improve you in your customer service and to train and give advice – less
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Youth Staff a great position
Youth Staff (Former Employee), The top and the back of the ship – March 8, 2013
Pros: free food, no rent, free travel, discounted drinks in the crew bar
Cons: the pay isn't great, the food and entertainment repeats each cruise, you're away from home for a long time (five months or more)
An interesting job, in which you travel a great deal, meet a lot of new and interesting people, and don't work too many hours when you're in port.

It's also a very seasonal job. On school breaks there are a lot of kids. When school is in, there are many slow weeks.

On a port day, you work 4-6 hours, and if you're unfortunate enough to work while in – more... port, you don't have many kids.

On a sea day, you generally work 11 hours when there are a lot of kids. Depending on your manager (everyone rotates from ship to ship, contract to contract), you may work less hours when there are fewer kids.

Overall, a fun job, but a lot of time is spent away from home and you see the same people every day, as you all live and work so close together. This is great for the people you get along with, but if someone rubs you the wrong way, you're still stuck with them for the foreseeable future. – less
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fun place
Head bartender, restaurant assistant waitress (Former Employee), CA – February 1, 2013
Pros: free lunches, dinner, sncks breskfast mid snack
Cons: 8 hours aday
everyday my rotine of my work is to open my bar and chk the temperature of the machine check wats is moving not moving items.after that i have to set up the main bar check your area and my co staff if they are duty missing as well as the routine cleaning like everyday USPH public health after that i do chk the pizza area wat toorder and burger aswell – more... asmystocks alcohol i learned to be matured of handling more resposibility towards my bar and my co staff the hardest part is to encounter diffrent nationality passengern complain although since iwas there i came to resolve the problems the most enjoyable part is when you hard they give some reward to enhance more resposibilty long patience in work and mostly love your work – less
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work place which gives you opportunity to see the world
Buffet Stewardess\Hostess (Former Employee), Santa Clarita, CA – November 29, 2012
Princess Cruises Co showed me how to use your limitless, you learned how to work as one team.
The hardest part of the job is USPH cleaning but hard time covered by pleasant part is your break when you are free and can enjoy yourself on the beach or explore many interesting things around :)
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Paid to Travel
Youth Staff (Former Employee), Varies by location of ship – November 16, 2012
Pros: free food, no rent, travel, meet great people, lots of fun!
Cons: away from home for extended periods of time, food not always great
As a Youth Staff with Princess Cruises, one works in the `Funzone`. There, the children and teens (ages 3-17) can escape their parents and spend time with others their own age. It is a fun place to work if you like working with kids, as you are able to play games, do crafts, and generally have a good time.

The off hours are filled with time off the – more... ship, and onboard entertainment. The starting salarry for a North American in a permanent position is $1100USD/mo. and a raise is provided every two contracts. There is room for promotion, but it is limited in this particular department. However, internal transfers are easily arranged after some time with the company.

The best things about the job is the opportunity to travel and to meet people from all over the world. The job itself can be a great deal of fun, as well.

The hardest part of the job is often to confined quarters. There is also the length of the contract to consider. As Youth Staff, a cabin is shared with another Youth Staff. The quarters are small, and you live with a person you work all day with. Each permanent contract for a North American is between five and seven months, and the company can ask you to extend that time if the ship will be short-staffed.

Overall, working for Princess Cruises was a fun experience, ideal for a single young adult who wants to see the world. – less
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hard worker...
asistant cook (Former Employee), USA – August 8, 2012
Pros: free meal, ansurance
Cons: long hours
12 hour work minimum per day and no day off
learning a lot more about western\
good management
hardest part only when more than 12 hours working
nice one are when we have a break to go outside the ship....
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to have more crew activities
cabin steward (Former Employee), Los Angeles, CA – July 2, 2012
Pros: free food
Cons: long hours
Challenging job because you meet alot of people every cruise different culture and different nationalities but its interesting for me to enhance my capability to deal with them and to solve watever problem arise. Working here in cruiseship must be flexible at all times especially co workers because we belong to different culture the hardest part of – more... my job is when the passenger disembark and we have to prepare the cabin for short span of time but still we make it... the only thing I enjoyed my job is to see the world free.. – less
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Princess Cruises Cruise Ships
Musician/Bassist (Former Employee), Los Angeles, CA – May 16, 2012
Island princess Vancouver/Alaska itinerary Coral princess Carribean/Fort Lauderdale itinerary playing with the Bayou Cafe jazz trio
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It is a good company.
Head Waiter/ Restaurant Manager (Current Employee), Santa Clarita, CA – May 14, 2013
Pros: good trainings
Cons: long hours
Recommended. It is a very good way to learn and to became professional.
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Deck Attendant
Deck Attendant (Former Employee), New York, NY – April 10, 2013
Directed guests to various facilities on cruise ship
Ensured safety of all crew and guests aboard specific sectors
Composed and performed original song on stage
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It depends where you land
Credit and Collection Coordinator (Current Employee), Valanecia, Ca – April 8, 2013
Pros: cruise benefits, 401k, 9/80 schedule
Cons: heavy workload vs proper pay
PCL can be an amazing place to work. The position can be challenging but fulfilling. I have been lucky to have some amazing co-workers that are a joy to work with on a day to day basis.
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PRINCESS CRUISES ALWAYS CONCERN ABOUT HER CREW
COOK (Current Employee), Los Angeles, CA – March 26, 2013
Pros: free food and accomodation
Cons: long duration of contract
PRINCESS CRUISESS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR CREW WELFARE.ALWAYS GIVES US SAFETY TRAININGS AND PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING
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Great experience
Fragrance & Skincare adviser (Former Employee), World Cruises – March 2, 2013
Doing promotional work
Great retail experience
Promotions
Management is great
Need to work well in a team
Some days are long hours, but you also get a lot of time off
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Travel the world and have a different view of workplace every day.
Manager (Current Employee), Los Angeles, CA – February 28, 2013
Pros: travel the world
Cons: would love to have a normal land based job and would like to settle down.
Working at Princess Cruises it has given me an amazing oppurtunity to travel the world and learn about different cultures. It has formed and developed me into a grown woman with a much more indeph perspective of life and about people. Ive learned a lot about myself and it alo ouht me how to see the world in the eyes of a multi culture environment. It – more... made me wanted to be a better person. Unfortunatly I need to settle down and stop living out of a suitcase. Its been almost ten years since Ive started at Princess and it has been an amazing experience. – less
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Good hours, great coworkers
Gift Shop Clerk (Former Employee), Denali, AK – February 28, 2013
Friendly staff, busy hours all day, job stayed fun and productive. Could pay more.
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Interesting workplace and quite an experience
Buffet Stewardess (Current Employee), Various ports – February 27, 2013
Pros: new places
Cons: no day off
In Room Service, as in most parts of the Restaurant Department, a day starts with preparation for breakfast. Preparing and serving is up to standards with constant supervision. Co-workers come from all over the world which is both fun, educational and trying at times, but that mostly depends on ones ability to be a team worker and ability to adjust – more... to new people, places and work in general. The most enjoyable part would be interaction with the passengers. – less
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food&beverage service
food&beverage utility (Former Employee), Miami, FL – February 18, 2013
Pros: free food & accomadation
Cons: health care& breake
already i done with bsc management study i know about all kind of f&b service & learn about cruise line: how to manage our co worker
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workplace, gym etc.
Laundry Steward (Former Employee), Santa Clarita CA – February 5, 2013
I work as a laundry steward in Princess cruises my duty is 8am to 8pm i work in different areas in laundry like washing, drying, ironing. i learned how to work well for the passengers. the management is poor because we dont have healthcare. my co-workers are also pilipino and we work always as a team.
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I'd like to work as my passion not to get rich just for living while I stay in Australia
Experienced with food and wine selling (Current Employee), cruise line ships – January 30, 2013
I'm a student so only part time job suit weekends too.I learned about food allergies,deal with customers,go along with the colleges,helpful,hard working,still young feeling,cheerful,young lady.Enjoyable part is to give out my smile,what is made by my work.
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Great workplace lots of activities
Reservations Agent (Former Employee), Valencia, CA – January 16, 2013
Very busy call center, had great management and lots of fun and games
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