Pros
I have none. I simply like going to sea to make a living, and do so with apl. Other than this - there isn't any.
Kontras
Apl is either unwilling or incapable of paying their employees electronically. They can pay us an allotment electronically every two weeks, but at the end of a voyage, they offer their sailors two options: a cash payoff on the ship or a check sent to the address of their choosing. I'm overseas on a ship, i bank electronically. So sending my paycheck fifteen time zones from where i am at doesn't help me. Offering me a cash payoff? What am i going to do with thousands of dollars in cash? This is ridiculous. Having to ask my parents to forge my signature to cash my paycheck because the company i work for cannot figure out how to offer electronic deposit for their sea- going employees, is amazingly insulting. I have heard they do payroll by hand, not wanting to pay a license fee to use the proper software to do payroll. This is obtuse thinking, and indicative of why they're being bought out and overtaken. I cannot believe this is 2016 and we cannot get paid in a way that is convenient and cognizant that we are away from home for literally months at a time. Their payroll system is decades, literally decades behind the times. If i worked in the home office I'd be looking for a new job. If you are in charge of payroll and read this review: you are either unfathomably stupid or unpardonably lazy.