Mixing
What types of medical conditions prevent employment on a cruise ship?
Clash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP
.everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0;
up vote
3
down vote
favorite
I am applying for a job on a cruise ship and was asked to take a medical exam as a condition of employment. What sorts of information that comes up on a medical exam would prevent the cruise company from hiring me?
health
edited Jan 16 '14 at 6:20
jmac
19.4k763137
migrated from travel.stackexchange.com Jan 14 '14 at 18:34
This question came from our site for road warriors and seasoned travelers.
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
favorite
I am applying for a job on a cruise ship and was asked to take a medical exam as a condition of employment. What sorts of information that comes up on a medical exam would prevent the cruise company from hiring me?
health
edited Jan 16 '14 at 6:20
jmac
19.4k763137
migrated from travel.stackexchange.com Jan 14 '14 at 18:34
This question came from our site for road warriors and seasoned travelers.
'could prevent'. Voting to close as primarily opinion-based. Unless someone involved in these checks is reading your question and wiling to disclose information, any answer is going to be guesswork.
– Jan Doggen
Jan 20 '14 at 12:48
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
favorite
up vote
3
down vote
favorite
I am applying for a job on a cruise ship and was asked to take a medical exam as a condition of employment. What sorts of information that comes up on a medical exam would prevent the cruise company from hiring me?
health
edited Jan 16 '14 at 6:20
jmac
19.4k763137
I am applying for a job on a cruise ship and was asked to take a medical exam as a condition of employment. What sorts of information that comes up on a medical exam would prevent the cruise company from hiring me?
health
edited Jan 16 '14 at 6:20
jmac
19.4k763137
edited Jan 16 '14 at 6:20
jmac
19.4k763137
edited Jan 16 '14 at 6:20
jmac
19.4k763137
edited Jan 16 '14 at 6:20
jmac
19.4k763137
19.4k763137
asked Jan 14 '14 at 15:37
Cold14
migrated from travel.stackexchange.com Jan 14 '14 at 18:34
This question came from our site for road warriors and seasoned travelers.
migrated from travel.stackexchange.com Jan 14 '14 at 18:34
This question came from our site for road warriors and seasoned travelers.
'could prevent'. Voting to close as primarily opinion-based. Unless someone involved in these checks is reading your question and wiling to disclose information, any answer is going to be guesswork.
– Jan Doggen
Jan 20 '14 at 12:48
add a comment |Â
'could prevent'. Voting to close as primarily opinion-based. Unless someone involved in these checks is reading your question and wiling to disclose information, any answer is going to be guesswork.
– Jan Doggen
Jan 20 '14 at 12:48
'could prevent'. Voting to close as primarily opinion-based. Unless someone involved in these checks is reading your question and wiling to disclose information, any answer is going to be guesswork.
– Jan Doggen
Jan 20 '14 at 12:48
'could prevent'. Voting to close as primarily opinion-based. Unless someone involved in these checks is reading your question and wiling to disclose information, any answer is going to be guesswork.
– Jan Doggen
Jan 20 '14 at 12:48
add a comment |Â
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
up vote
3
down vote
Just a guess but I'll throw it out there - cruise ships are going to reject hiring anyone who has a likelihood of having or getting a medical condition that:
Can't be fixed on board a ship - it's a bad risk if they have to ship you off board in an emergency or even a situation that is semi-urgent (ie, can't wait until the cruise reaches a dock). Also, finding you a replacement on short notice in a season can't be fun either, so I can see them mitigating any issues of this type.
Any indicator at all that anything wrong with you could be catching - any contained environment is going to be more rigorous since everyone is more or less trapped together.
Is likely to create bad side effects when combined with an ocean environment. For example (albeit ridiculous) an allergy to sea water.
Not being a doctor, I couldn't connect any of these cases to your specific medical results.
answered Jan 14 '14 at 19:32
bethlakshmi
70.4k4136277
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
Your problem is more what the results could potentially mean. If the numbers warrant they could request that you get more tests, or retest you blood to see if the result is potentially anomalous. And make their decision based off those test results. Depending on the position you are applying for your potential liver issues could cause the company to either withdraw any offer they previously issued or decline to offer you a position.
With out knowing what the actual condition you have that is causing the problem it is hard to say how the company will react. I suspect that you know why the numbers are elevated which is why you asked the question. If you can not take the stress of worrying about the response to the results you could disclose your condition to the company and ask directly. There is a good chance at this point that they will either discover the condition, or make assumptions and decide on the that anyway. If you know that your condition will disqualify you from the position you should probably with draw from consideration anyway.
To be honest if I were an employer seeing an elevated liver enzyme result on a blood test I have 2 real concerns. One is that you could have an alcohol problem that has caused liver damage. Since I do not know you I have to assume the worst and that is that your problem is not under control. The other reason that jumps to mind is hepatitis. This is potentially a risk to my other employees and guests. I may not be able to use either of these potential problems against you, but I am sure I can find many other reasons why I decided not to hire you. So instead of getting the truth that the results of your blood test scared me off, I am going to use some other reason for not hiring you. Unless I do not really care about either of those and think that you will make me more money that you cost me. I am not that guy but then again I do not run a big business like this.
answered Jan 14 '14 at 20:13
IDrinkandIKnowThings
43.9k1398188
add a comment |Â
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
3
down vote
Just a guess but I'll throw it out there - cruise ships are going to reject hiring anyone who has a likelihood of having or getting a medical condition that:
Can't be fixed on board a ship - it's a bad risk if they have to ship you off board in an emergency or even a situation that is semi-urgent (ie, can't wait until the cruise reaches a dock). Also, finding you a replacement on short notice in a season can't be fun either, so I can see them mitigating any issues of this type.
Any indicator at all that anything wrong with you could be catching - any contained environment is going to be more rigorous since everyone is more or less trapped together.
Is likely to create bad side effects when combined with an ocean environment. For example (albeit ridiculous) an allergy to sea water.
Not being a doctor, I couldn't connect any of these cases to your specific medical results.
answered Jan 14 '14 at 19:32
bethlakshmi
70.4k4136277
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
Just a guess but I'll throw it out there - cruise ships are going to reject hiring anyone who has a likelihood of having or getting a medical condition that:
Can't be fixed on board a ship - it's a bad risk if they have to ship you off board in an emergency or even a situation that is semi-urgent (ie, can't wait until the cruise reaches a dock). Also, finding you a replacement on short notice in a season can't be fun either, so I can see them mitigating any issues of this type.
Any indicator at all that anything wrong with you could be catching - any contained environment is going to be more rigorous since everyone is more or less trapped together.
Is likely to create bad side effects when combined with an ocean environment. For example (albeit ridiculous) an allergy to sea water.
Not being a doctor, I couldn't connect any of these cases to your specific medical results.
answered Jan 14 '14 at 19:32
bethlakshmi
70.4k4136277
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
up vote
3
down vote
Just a guess but I'll throw it out there - cruise ships are going to reject hiring anyone who has a likelihood of having or getting a medical condition that:
Can't be fixed on board a ship - it's a bad risk if they have to ship you off board in an emergency or even a situation that is semi-urgent (ie, can't wait until the cruise reaches a dock). Also, finding you a replacement on short notice in a season can't be fun either, so I can see them mitigating any issues of this type.
Any indicator at all that anything wrong with you could be catching - any contained environment is going to be more rigorous since everyone is more or less trapped together.
Is likely to create bad side effects when combined with an ocean environment. For example (albeit ridiculous) an allergy to sea water.
Not being a doctor, I couldn't connect any of these cases to your specific medical results.
answered Jan 14 '14 at 19:32
bethlakshmi
70.4k4136277
Just a guess but I'll throw it out there - cruise ships are going to reject hiring anyone who has a likelihood of having or getting a medical condition that:
Can't be fixed on board a ship - it's a bad risk if they have to ship you off board in an emergency or even a situation that is semi-urgent (ie, can't wait until the cruise reaches a dock). Also, finding you a replacement on short notice in a season can't be fun either, so I can see them mitigating any issues of this type.
Any indicator at all that anything wrong with you could be catching - any contained environment is going to be more rigorous since everyone is more or less trapped together.
Is likely to create bad side effects when combined with an ocean environment. For example (albeit ridiculous) an allergy to sea water.
Not being a doctor, I couldn't connect any of these cases to your specific medical results.
answered Jan 14 '14 at 19:32
bethlakshmi
70.4k4136277
answered Jan 14 '14 at 19:32
bethlakshmi
70.4k4136277
answered Jan 14 '14 at 19:32
bethlakshmi
70.4k4136277
answered Jan 14 '14 at 19:32
bethlakshmi
70.4k4136277
70.4k4136277
add a comment |Â
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
Your problem is more what the results could potentially mean. If the numbers warrant they could request that you get more tests, or retest you blood to see if the result is potentially anomalous. And make their decision based off those test results. Depending on the position you are applying for your potential liver issues could cause the company to either withdraw any offer they previously issued or decline to offer you a position.
With out knowing what the actual condition you have that is causing the problem it is hard to say how the company will react. I suspect that you know why the numbers are elevated which is why you asked the question. If you can not take the stress of worrying about the response to the results you could disclose your condition to the company and ask directly. There is a good chance at this point that they will either discover the condition, or make assumptions and decide on the that anyway. If you know that your condition will disqualify you from the position you should probably with draw from consideration anyway.
To be honest if I were an employer seeing an elevated liver enzyme result on a blood test I have 2 real concerns. One is that you could have an alcohol problem that has caused liver damage. Since I do not know you I have to assume the worst and that is that your problem is not under control. The other reason that jumps to mind is hepatitis. This is potentially a risk to my other employees and guests. I may not be able to use either of these potential problems against you, but I am sure I can find many other reasons why I decided not to hire you. So instead of getting the truth that the results of your blood test scared me off, I am going to use some other reason for not hiring you. Unless I do not really care about either of those and think that you will make me more money that you cost me. I am not that guy but then again I do not run a big business like this.
answered Jan 14 '14 at 20:13
IDrinkandIKnowThings
43.9k1398188
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
Your problem is more what the results could potentially mean. If the numbers warrant they could request that you get more tests, or retest you blood to see if the result is potentially anomalous. And make their decision based off those test results. Depending on the position you are applying for your potential liver issues could cause the company to either withdraw any offer they previously issued or decline to offer you a position.
With out knowing what the actual condition you have that is causing the problem it is hard to say how the company will react. I suspect that you know why the numbers are elevated which is why you asked the question. If you can not take the stress of worrying about the response to the results you could disclose your condition to the company and ask directly. There is a good chance at this point that they will either discover the condition, or make assumptions and decide on the that anyway. If you know that your condition will disqualify you from the position you should probably with draw from consideration anyway.
To be honest if I were an employer seeing an elevated liver enzyme result on a blood test I have 2 real concerns. One is that you could have an alcohol problem that has caused liver damage. Since I do not know you I have to assume the worst and that is that your problem is not under control. The other reason that jumps to mind is hepatitis. This is potentially a risk to my other employees and guests. I may not be able to use either of these potential problems against you, but I am sure I can find many other reasons why I decided not to hire you. So instead of getting the truth that the results of your blood test scared me off, I am going to use some other reason for not hiring you. Unless I do not really care about either of those and think that you will make me more money that you cost me. I am not that guy but then again I do not run a big business like this.
answered Jan 14 '14 at 20:13
IDrinkandIKnowThings
43.9k1398188
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
Your problem is more what the results could potentially mean. If the numbers warrant they could request that you get more tests, or retest you blood to see if the result is potentially anomalous. And make their decision based off those test results. Depending on the position you are applying for your potential liver issues could cause the company to either withdraw any offer they previously issued or decline to offer you a position.
With out knowing what the actual condition you have that is causing the problem it is hard to say how the company will react. I suspect that you know why the numbers are elevated which is why you asked the question. If you can not take the stress of worrying about the response to the results you could disclose your condition to the company and ask directly. There is a good chance at this point that they will either discover the condition, or make assumptions and decide on the that anyway. If you know that your condition will disqualify you from the position you should probably with draw from consideration anyway.
To be honest if I were an employer seeing an elevated liver enzyme result on a blood test I have 2 real concerns. One is that you could have an alcohol problem that has caused liver damage. Since I do not know you I have to assume the worst and that is that your problem is not under control. The other reason that jumps to mind is hepatitis. This is potentially a risk to my other employees and guests. I may not be able to use either of these potential problems against you, but I am sure I can find many other reasons why I decided not to hire you. So instead of getting the truth that the results of your blood test scared me off, I am going to use some other reason for not hiring you. Unless I do not really care about either of those and think that you will make me more money that you cost me. I am not that guy but then again I do not run a big business like this.
answered Jan 14 '14 at 20:13
IDrinkandIKnowThings
43.9k1398188
Your problem is more what the results could potentially mean. If the numbers warrant they could request that you get more tests, or retest you blood to see if the result is potentially anomalous. And make their decision based off those test results. Depending on the position you are applying for your potential liver issues could cause the company to either withdraw any offer they previously issued or decline to offer you a position.
With out knowing what the actual condition you have that is causing the problem it is hard to say how the company will react. I suspect that you know why the numbers are elevated which is why you asked the question. If you can not take the stress of worrying about the response to the results you could disclose your condition to the company and ask directly. There is a good chance at this point that they will either discover the condition, or make assumptions and decide on the that anyway. If you know that your condition will disqualify you from the position you should probably with draw from consideration anyway.
To be honest if I were an employer seeing an elevated liver enzyme result on a blood test I have 2 real concerns. One is that you could have an alcohol problem that has caused liver damage. Since I do not know you I have to assume the worst and that is that your problem is not under control. The other reason that jumps to mind is hepatitis. This is potentially a risk to my other employees and guests. I may not be able to use either of these potential problems against you, but I am sure I can find many other reasons why I decided not to hire you. So instead of getting the truth that the results of your blood test scared me off, I am going to use some other reason for not hiring you. Unless I do not really care about either of those and think that you will make me more money that you cost me. I am not that guy but then again I do not run a big business like this.
answered Jan 14 '14 at 20:13
IDrinkandIKnowThings
43.9k1398188
edited Jan 16 '14 at 16:11
answered Jan 14 '14 at 20:13
IDrinkandIKnowThings
43.9k1398188
answered Jan 14 '14 at 20:13
IDrinkandIKnowThings
43.9k1398188
answered Jan 14 '14 at 20:13
IDrinkandIKnowThings
43.9k1398188
43.9k1398188
add a comment |Â
add a comment |Â
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fworkplace.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f18079%2fwhat-types-of-medical-conditions-prevent-employment-on-a-cruise-ship%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
'could prevent'. Voting to close as primarily opinion-based. Unless someone involved in these checks is reading your question and wiling to disclose information, any answer is going to be guesswork.
– Jan Doggen
Jan 20 '14 at 12:48