14 Hours Daily Duty
By Overflowing
@Overflowing (3709)
August 25, 2020 5:47am CST
When i was working in a cruise ship, i had the longest hour of work in my life. Sometimes it took 15 hours also. Seaman/Seawoman should work 10 hours maximum everyday or else the captain of the ship will notice were having so much overtime that can cause over fatigue and unhealthy crew. And cause of report to the Labor department and may be a problem.
But our superiors asked us to adjust our time card to 10 hour duty only. If we dont do that we will be having a hard time,. We cannot finish our work on time because our job is for 3 person but we do it alone. Individually alone for 3 person task. I just cried and cried and pray. Life is not fare sometime and still i have to be thankful,its what glorify God.
Perks of being a seafarer. Work triple,Travel free.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
25 Aug 20
But if you work compared to that of three persons the salary should also be accordingly
@Overflowing (3709)
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26 Aug 20
salary was high but for us not enough because its like not a fair treatment
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@Overflowing (3709)
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26 Aug 20
@amitkokiladitya yes ma friend,lucky i didnt thought of jumping overboard and swim the ocean for that
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@Overflowing (3709)
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26 Aug 20
@rhuenz its crazy working on cruiseline,all the emotions are mixed plus always vomiting because of the ocean tides the ship is rocking
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@rakski (156338)
• Philippines
26 Aug 20
@Overflowing oh. when do you plan do go back to cruiseline?
@Overflowing (3709)
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25 Aug 20
just 1 contract ma friend,planning to transfer on another ship. but now its just my husband working on cruisline,
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@Overflowing (3709)
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26 Aug 20
@rakski i dont know, if i still have chance or my husband allows me hehe..but he promise me we will travel on his cruiseship so i can see the world again
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
25 Aug 20
Every job comes with an unfair part of it. That is quite a lot of working time. I am sorry about that. Where are you working now??
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
1 Sep 20
@Overflowing Oh! So sorry to hear that. Is that because of covid crisis??
@Overflowing (3709)
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25 Aug 20
we only have fun were be able to be on the country of our dream at least 2hours of breaktime..life onboard is very different.. despite the smile on picture,were very very exhausted
@Overflowing (3709)
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26 Aug 20
im at home now ma friend..thank you for understanding
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@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
25 Aug 20
That is very unfair. I can understand how you feel. My husband has worked very long double shifts , but we are grateful that he had a job.
@Overflowing (3709)
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26 Aug 20
i am still thankful also ma friend but working double is really really unhealthy
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 Aug 20
He should have hired more crew members. I'm sorry the work was so hard.
