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Holland America Line

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Holland America Line reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(650 total reviews)

Beth Bodensteiner

80% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Holland America Line has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 650 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Holland America Line employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Hotels & Travel Accommodation industry (3.5 stars).

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650 reviews
2.0
Jun 11, 2017

Good co-workers, little respect from higher Management

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some cruise benefits (If you are able to get the time off or willing to use all of your vacation time on it.) 9/80 schedule (but some people are working longer than normal hours during the week anyway) My co-workers are great to work with and very supportive. Learn a lot about the travel industry. The new Seattle building is really great. Onsite cafe with decent food.

Cons

Appreciation is shown to Managers and above. Everyone below that status often go unnoticed. Everything from team awards to parking spaces, they are thought of last. V.P.'s and Presidents are royalty and the rest are second citizens. Very old school mentality and a bit of a boys club. After going through some changes with contractors, morale is low on the IT side of things. This causes major technology disadvantages and delays. Hopefully they are working on ways to give more benefits or resources to the IT team.

1.0
Oct 6, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

9/80 compressed schedule. Cruise privilege (inflexible if you opt for the "free" option). Paid ORCA card.

Cons

As one other reviewer cited, PCL is running the show (Finance anyway) from Santa Clarita. CFO encourages to ask why but the answer you mostly get from people in Seattle is "because that's how it was done last year", that is, no one knows why things are done the way they are. With the high turnover in Finance, this isn't surprising though.

2.0
Aug 28, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

great vacation time, travel benefits, awesome co-workers

Cons

work you to death culture, all about being seen in the office no matter how much work you actually do, poor management training, poor management in general

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