the old Crystal Cruises is dead CEO is Edie Rodriguez - Gregg Michel would never have let this happen - Anonymous employee Crystal Cruises Employee Review

Used to be a good place to work: felt like family, there was not a lot of staff turnover. The current CEO was named and brokered a sale between parent companies, from NYK to Genting. This initially felt like a positive direction as the company, after having been stagnating for years, was now backed by a parent company who was going to invest and help them grow. There were quite a few announcements of expansion very quickly. Change is always difficult, especially for people who have been in a status quo mode for years. A good leader would usher the team through the changes. Unfortunately, the new CEO is an elitist, condescending tyrant towards the tenured employees. The newly hired Friends of Edie are probably quite happy working at Crystal in Miami since most of them were hired in at positions a step or several steps above their capabilities. For those old school people still working there: leave while you can, she is moving the company to Florida even though she claims she isn't and won't be inviting you to join. The pay is terrible and what used to be a decent cruise benefit to employees now is equally terrible: most clerical staff can barely afford to travel to the ship so cannot take advantage of sailing on vacations.