There’s a strict hierarchy on cruise ships that creates a huge gap between the highest and lowest-paid workers. Many of those at the bottom make less than $20,000 per year.

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  • Cruise-ship workers are subject to a strict hierarchy that determines their pay, living conditions, and contracts.
  • Workers closer to the bottom of the hierarchy have described to Business Insider more difficult working and living conditions than those at the top, and many reported monthly earnings of $2,000 or less.
  • “Whenever it comes to an officer or a manager, they like to treat each other with respect. But if you’re not a manager or an officer, they just see you as their slave,” said a former photographer for Royal Caribbean International.
  • “Being an officer, I had it quite good, but I was read more >>>

    Source : BusinessInsider.Com

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