Pros
There are some great captains and crew mates.
Cons
*They will move you from boat to boat often many times per hitch. *You will have many many revolving door ever changing bosses. *They switched me from Port Angeles to Seattle to Tacoma to Oregon to Seattle. *If your an Engineer and they force you to Oregon you will be the deckhand. *The captains are treated and act like gods to the point of breaking regulations. *If you have a relative in the office you will be treated with favoritism. *You will work over legal hours and the captain will lie or not fill out the sleep hour records. *You will needlegun and paint for several moths a year. *You will be forced to stand on the barge as a second with the tankerman and expected to perform your job description duties but only after the days painting is finished. *You will have no voice and no seniority even after 12 years. *You will crew up and crew change all over the Puget sound and straights of Juan De Fuca. *They will fight you to the end on unemployment but only after you have collected and spent it for 6 months. *I could go on and on and on but you get the general idea.