JRoadZ Posted August 9, 2010 #1 Share Posted August 9, 2010 I was told when on the NCL Star it was like 70% but such a new ship like the EPIC should have had several transfers from existing employees on other ships of other nationalities. A lot of the videos on NCL's site when you're looking at the Deck Plan's (Ice Bar, and several of the restaurants) show my Filipino brothers from another mother. I brought this up on another thread, but never created a new thread about this. Just curious...as PINOY AKO and proud!! I actually have the flag tattooed on my shouder (very similar design to the half Filipino, half Greek WWE wrestler, Batista) :) Peace all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnjovi Posted August 14, 2010 #2 Share Posted August 14, 2010 My partner is Filipino and we have made lots of friends with Filipino crew over our 6 NCL cruises. We were on the Epic TA and I would guess up to 70% of the crew was Filipino! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandancer Posted August 14, 2010 #3 Share Posted August 14, 2010 We were told by a waiter that 50% of the staff are from the Phillipines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasiii Posted August 15, 2010 #4 Share Posted August 15, 2010 I was told when on the NCL Star it was like 70% but such a new ship like the EPIC should have had several transfers from existing employees on other ships of other nationalities. A lot of the videos on NCL's site when you're looking at the Deck Plan's (Ice Bar, and several of the restaurants) show my Filipino brothers from another mother. I brought this up on another thread, but never created a new thread about this. Just curious...as PINOY AKO and proud!! I actually have the flag tattooed on my shouder (very similar design to the half Filipino, half Greek WWE wrestler, Batista) :) Peace all... .....what difference does it make? Will the cruising experience be any different? I would think not. :confused: wasiii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bgem75 Posted August 15, 2010 #5 Share Posted August 15, 2010 I love to see all the different nationalities that come together to make our trips possible. I thank all not just one for contributing to our experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRoadZ Posted August 16, 2010 Author #6 Share Posted August 16, 2010 .....what difference does it make? Will the cruising experience be any different? I would think not. :confused: wasiii I don't mean anything mean or sarcastic by this, but if you go on vacation to say Hawaii or somewhere where staff is paid in USD with US salary standards versus a vacation in the Philippines you will see a HUUUUUUGGGGGEEEEE difference a customer service, in them busting their hump for a fraction of what a cruise staffer on a US flagged shipped make, etc. When you call up Dell, DirecTV, eTrade, Western Union, etc customer service call center now a days, you no longer get India. You get the Philippines (easier to understand accent IMO, again no discrimination meant by above statement). These customer service reps pull in $15K USD a year for someone in the US who pulls in maybe $40K...and they still work harder than ever. I don't know if it's just me being a Filipino-American and when vacationing in the Philippines, the number of strangers greeting you, "Good (morning/afternoon/evening) Maam/Sir. And I noticed this on my last cruise on the NCL Star. And every time you are addressed is Maam/Sir (first name). Super friendly and super polite people. And if all of the above was not enough, or you don't agree with me on...being Filipino-American, it's nice to know that my cruise dollars are being funneled somehow/someway to the pockets of the Filipino NCL employees who send all their salary back to their families in the Philippines...and which employees sign a contract and do not get to see their families for 10 months, and the 2 months they are with the families it's done getting all the necessary paperwork and visas together for their next assigned sailing for the following 10 months. I was talking to a waiter onboard our last cruise who had a child the same age as my daughter at the time (19 months) and I couldn't fathom not seeing my child grow up, take their first steps, say their first word, know who their dad is, etc. Hope that explains my opinion in why I started this thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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