Cruise ship worker explains shocking protocol put in place if you get fired whilst working onboard

Daily Mail​

2 days ago

Being fired from your job is unpleasant – but what happens if you're dismissed while floating in the middle of the ocean?
Those unlucky enough to be sacked from a job on a cruise ship face that reality.
And now a professional dancer who worked for one of the world's biggest cruise operators has shared what really happens if you're let go while onboard.
Alley Kerr used to perform on Liberty of the Seas, Royal Caribbean's 3,600-capacity vessel.
She's now a content creator who documents her insights into the cruise world – as well as her travel adventures – online.
And she describes what happens when you're sacked at sea as 'weird'.
'Obviously they can't just get rid of you right away', she said in a video uploaded to YouTube.
'They will usually wait until the next turnaround day where they can have you disembark'
'But until then, any time someone is on the verge of being fired or [has been] fired, they usually have security outside your room to watch you.
'Yeah, it's weird.'
Last year, a cruise worker explained the one way on board staff can quickly find themselves without a job.
The one situation that catches people out is the random breathalyser tests the morning after a big night out, reports Lad Bible.
'What gets people is the random alcohol tests every month at 10am where people are still drunk from the night before,' a ship employee wrote on Reddit.
'Drinking is a huge part of ship life because of how cheap alcohol is in crew bar. It's like $1.50 per drink.'
In her previous videos, Alley discussed how much her colleagues would get paid while working on ships.
And shockingly, she claimed some of her colleagues would make a loss at times, especially during the rehearsal periods on land.
She said: 'I find that during this time, for a lot of dancers especially, it's a net loss.
'There are ways to budget and everything but grocery stores are not close by, everything is really far away, and then even though you're getting housed it has nothing in it so you end up spending quite a bit on services like food, Ubers, and cleaning supplies.'
The influencer also explained the other ways to make additional money while sailing.