Crew member post from an hour ago on RCI facebook

[not-enough-cruising]

6 minutes ago, waterbug123 said:

 

That's great for her, but I can assure you that the typical childcare worker in the US doesn't make anything close to 6 figures. 

I agree, but you have missed the point of the initial discussion. 

[gatour]

On 3/14/2020 at 4:05 PM, PTAngel said:

Thanks all for your answers.  I was curious since so many ships use ports in Florida they can't all dock there.

Besides the one Carnival ship home ported here in Jacksonville.  There is an additional Carnival ship docked, along with two NCL ships.  The 3 additional ships are using cargo docks.

[waterbug123]

2 hours ago, not-enough-cruising said:

I agree, but you have missed the point of the initial discussion. 

 

I was responding to a comment about what companies pay and simply pointed out that your 6 figure example is far from the norm.

[tiamar]

On 3/14/2020 at 6:50 AM, waterbug123 said:

 

Seriously?  You want to argue that cruise ship employees are paid better because they are contract employees?  Why do you think most of them are foreigners?  Because that's the only way they can staff their ships for the rates they pay.   And this isn't like a normal contract ending.  This is sudden and unprecedented.   Surely you can see the difference?

Couldn't agree more  Unfortunately, it's not as simple as bring a contract worker. Working on a ship means you are completely on a need to know basis. No one is giving them specifics as to when they will or if they will leave. And if you think they're going to get paid for when they're not there, you've got that wrong as well. And what about if they can't enter their country or if they can but there's a quarantine? They'll have to foot those bills as well.

 

Many work on ships to support their families. Now they'll have less pay and more bills than before they left. The sad part is that they have very little rights AND they know that the line of applicants is huge and someone will gladly take their job even before they've finished complaining.