A Day in the Life of a Crew Member

[Esprit]

Not trying to be a total downer but that was basically an infomercial for princess. That in NO way reflects the day to day life of a crew member. Sorry just saying...

ps. I worked on ships (NCL and Celebrity from 1999-2003)

 

Ditto. My daughter worked on Celebrity ships for 3 years (until 2013) in their Activities team. We would visit her quarters (having got permission). A real eye opener!

[Aus Traveller]

Yes! Crew can link their contract with another crew member, and the company will attempt to assign the two people together.

 

The part of your post that I have a problem with is whether crew is assigned, or can request a ship. Based on the people I know well, they are assigned. Realistically,

how else could it work? Princess has nearly 20 ships. The staffing requirements are very precise. When one first officer signs off, you need a replacement already on board so the ship can sail. It would simply not be possible to do this with a request system.

 

If (for instance) Grand Princess needs a first officer on a specific date, what do you do if there are no matching requests?

Whether we use the word "assign" or "request an assignment" is semantics.

 

Obviously a crew member can only have their request for a transfer to a particular ship met if there is a vacancy for him/her on that ship. In one instance I know, a Deputy Cruise Director took a job as Assistant Cruise Director so he could join his wife on another ship.

 

With officers there are a very limited number of positions on a ship - often just one at a particular rank. It would be difficult to move to a requested ship. With the crew including stewards (that I was referring to) it would be much easier to move to another ship.

 

The original post that mentioned a married couple on the one ship referred to a women who cleaned the toilets and her husband who cleaned the floors. They were not officers.

Edited December 31, 2015 by Aus Traveller

[cruisequeen4ever]

Could you please post the link again? It takes me to Princess and says that the page no longer exists.

[Colo Cruiser]

Could you please post the link again? It takes me to Princess and says that the page no longer exists.

 

 

 

http://www.princess.com/careers/videos/crewmember.html#.Vnsravk4HIU

[Dudleydog73]

Thank you for sharing! Loved seeing our favorite Captain (Commodore Romano) at the 1:30 mark. We did our UST on the Ruby and spent over an hour with him on his bridge. He was so personable and very proud of his ship.

[Roatanfans]

Thank you so much for sharing this- my twin daughters are in it at the beginning and it was so fun to see them in this video!

[pablo222]

Whether we use the word "assign" or "request an assignment" is semantics.

 

Hardly.