“The reality of it is you are clearing up rooms that have just had sex parties, orgies and prostitutes.”
A deckhand reveals the less than glamorous lifestyle of being yacht staff for the super rich. Throughout his career he has worked months on end without days off, seen colleagues sexually harassed and often is left clearing up after sex parties and coke binges. He describes clients' ridiculous requests, and expectations, and just how far people are pushed, sometimes even leading to fatalities.
Informer is a series where we hear the anonymised confessions and insights of people on the inside of different industries, institutions and events.
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02:16 Sexual Harassment
02:55 Deaths
03:49 Burn Out
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Why part it out. Where’s the entire show?
Tell Ben Makuch to jump in the Harlem River. It’ll be better than if the Marines get ahold of him after that garbage article he wrote.
@@Creole_Lady Exactly!!!! It’s prob a sneaky way to make us hunt for the other episodes and end up down another Rabbit Hole 🕳️ 🙄🙄
@@GuidoLoko , you got that right! 🐇🕳️
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It was chilling when he said “these people act like they can just get away with it”… Well… They are getting away with it.
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Bush in 2001 totally agrees with this message
@@A-ROD-oe8wl as if anything has changed since bush in 2001… that’s kinda how establishments work..
Ok, putting politics aside, they’re only getting away with it because these people allow it. No one is putting a gun to their head and telling them to work on these yachts. My guess is they’re all getting paid very, VERY well to put up with this bullshit and I’m sure the men get access to tons of sex. If they were smart, they’d save every penny, work for ten years, then retire and live the quite (edit: quiet) life in Central America.
@@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 Umm.. sure thing Mr. Epstien…
Imagine thinking a voice changer and a mask will keep you anonymous on VICE while displaying your build, race, and profession thats very niche
Haha it’s probably the words of the person, a script for entertainment purposes to make us feel like it’s the actual person
@@morpheus8233 Exactly. This is a viral series. They can hire anyone and play a role
I know, right? Like he’s definitely a physical attractive guy who works out. It’s pretty easy to single them out among the yacht workers.
@@wabisabi7755 nah he tweakin
But billionaires don’t spend time watching vice videos on YouTube that is why they are billionaires…
This is not shocking at all. It’s exactly what you could expect.
This is exactly what I thought. When I read the title I thought it would be worse.
@@lukemurray4950 yep, one comment seemed like he insinuated rape happens a lot too.
Exactly. I thought he was going to tell some really terrible story and f*** up story. Naaaahh this is not that shocking tbh
Frfr
Whatever happens at sea happens on land…
Money doesn’t change you , it merely makes your true character shine through.
Wealth is most dangerous among the heartless.
Unfortunately it’s easier to get wealth if you have no consiousness
It does change you, because it makes you think about it, it changes your way of thinking, Stop thinking about People.
Money definitely corrupts people, can turn even the nicest person into a greedy corrupted human who values money over being good
@@Jordan-ec5qj but how do you know they weren’t truly greedy before? Penny pinching not giving in charity, lazy , selfish, are attributes of greed.
Yes because your a multimillionaire that can tell us this first hand. (Awaiting Phony Reply claiming you have $$$).
Secretive? There isn’t a single person who doesn’t know that the rich and wealthy usually have a seriously unhinged morale compass
Christian extremists?
The irony is that most of them call themselves good hearted philanhtropists.
And that’s why it’s boring! VICE should know better. Inferior journalism.
There are many more UNprivledged…(lacking moral compasses)
Right but we don’t know the exact details of what they do now do we? Hence the secrecy.
It seems that being insanely rich combined with a lack of consequences for amoral behaviour really shines a bright light on the insanity of the human ego.
I think you mean immoral. Amoral behavior is devoid of any right or wrong.
@@vsnkqfo8 amoral leans more to narcissists and psychopaths — to be without any moral good or bad.
It’s always been like that
@@JimmyLovesMundo yes and narcissistic /psychopathic character traits seem to be especially prevalent among billionaires.
Plenty of homeless guys ready to shank you, money doesn’t have much to do with morality.
I saw my friend at a bar I hadnt seen in years. He had been working as a deckhand on a super yacht. He told me they would be up all night having parties and him and the other workers would have to wait for them to go to bed, he said he would be lying down exhausted thinking “please please just go to sleep”
but thats not shocking tbh, its part of it
People who paid tens ir hundreds of thousands of dollars per week to party on a boat did exactly that?
The horror.
P.s a similar friend of mine has aerophobia and he’s a pilot.
@A H do people willingly sign up for this ? Or would you have to be invited aka like a offer
@@Neurotv4941 most people go through an agency
So the workers hv to hv sex with the boss.?
I used to be an estate manager for Billionaires in London. A lot of this is very familiar. Was fun but also mad. They are all detached from reality in varying degrees.
sounds wild. But in a sense, isn’t that lifestyle their actual formed reality?
hi, do you have an instagram or something? i would love to know more aboht estate management in general, ive been looking into the buisness. Thanks 🙂
@@amorphous14 how do I pm you
There are less then 50 billionaire in uk. What was the name of your billionaire boss.
@@saifalam2030 seems like they are based in London but may have had international clients for UK assets 🤷♀️
I once met a millionaire at a Coffee Shop and asked me if I wanted to make money all I had to do was drive, I accepted when we went outside he had a nice beautiful race car Mercedes AMG and told me to drive but the rules was that I had to drive super fast almost close to near death and he would pay me 15k dollars. I was really worried since I wasn’t a fast driver but needed money to pay off my debt so I did it on the freeway almost going 170mph. He was laughing like a maniac and once I got off he paid me the 15k in cash. He asked me if I ever needed more work to show up at the coffee shop every Thursday at 7am. I no longer showed up but he started calling me out of nowhere I had to block him and even got threats afterwards. I can believe how rich people can be so sick im just happy I never did a crazy stunt like that again. Me losing my life for someone else’s pleasure is not my thing I just hope no one else ever took the bait and went further.
Unfortunately many people would give their left nut for the opportunity you just had (myself included.) most of the people I know are either poor, homeless, drug addicts, debt ridden, suicidal, etc. I’m one of those people myself since I’m also extremely suicidal and feel I have nothing to live for except for that next sweet hit of heroin or fentanyl, otherwise the horrors of my disabling mental health, reality, poverty, and desire to kill myself hit me like train. I will become desperate and put my life in danger for less than $100 with no hesitation after a week of being sober, even with suboxone on hand so I don’t feel the worst of the physical symptoms, but after 7 days of no sleep and feeling nothing but despair, panic attacks, depression, etc. for 95% of that time I am willing to do anything for a hit. If I die trying to get that money then at least I would finally be at peace so anything is better than being sober. I would kill to be able to even do what you did once and I know many other people that would too.
I’m glad you are alive tho.
@@SalviHippo take a break . Get past the lowest point and you’ll rise up
@@SalviHippo I’m out of words tbh
Interesting story! It is a blessing you are still alive. 😊Your story reminds me of that one scene from Mahogany (The Diana Ross film)
@@SalviHippo I hope you find a happy and healthy passion again. It really really makes a difference. It can be anything from rock climbing, to knitting sweatshirts. Just something you really enjoy and can lose yourself in. It is better on the other side. You just have to keep pushing forward and be patient.
It’s one step at a time, that doesn’t feel like much progress. But when you look back alter you will see the huge change.
okay, I’m so freaking scared for the safety of these people who have come out to speak about these very controversial but important matters that have been hidden from the general public, and I would greatly appreciate it if we could give them a full-body suit to wear and slippers to hide their identity. Because they have come out at the expense of their safety wearing their own clothes and items that may aid people in identifying them and it scares me that this channel is showing us the truth at the expense of someone else’s safety even if they did come to the shoot at will
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They should probably change jobs if they don’t like it.
He deserves what he gets for breaking his contract
@@opulence6224 Shut up!🙄
@@opulence6224 people wanna hear the truth and want proof so bad and once we give them proof we either slam that person or something happens to them, society is never satisfied
Someone said that money doesn’t change you but shows who you really are and I couldn’t agree more. Ego is a very terrifying thing
DJ Paul said it in “Money didn’t change me”
It’s not just about ego but about overall character and integrity of a person.
This “informer” category you Vice have is really mind opening to us people to remind how cruel our world we currently lived in. Shows us how vulnerable we are and thanks to every information to make us aware and be resilient to our surroundings and the people we meet each day. I hope the people who share their stories on your “Informer” videos have their identity put to safe place.
The world merely is…its people that make it cruel or otherwise
Things are the way they’re by design by these rich elite
No this is all theater. It’s not actually real. Possibly stuff like this happens but this is all just fiction
@@vivelajonny or they just did it in the past
@@squeezemebabyonemoretime These are actors
Love this series – they all feel like thrillers and horror shows, but scarier cos they’re real
Wish this was like 30 minutes long. These informer series is fascinating 💯
I went to Europe to work on the super yachts about 15 years ago. I even did an expensive maritime course to prepare myself, however just as I was about to apply for jobs a friend of mine, who had worked in the industry, advised me against it. For some reason I just believed her and trusted her judgement. I wasn’t even disappointed, but instead relieved. I still believe she saved me a lot of pain and suffering. You see, I have a pretty good moral code and a sunny disposition and I feel that working in this industry probably would have broken my spirit and worse. I’m glad things worked out the way they did.
You just can’t know, and you would never know. She might have stopped you from having the best time of your life, and a life-lasting career, along with the chance to travel the world over. But hey, good for you, and for your “Good Moral Code” dude. Whatever that is.
@@khalidalali186 Well she seems pretty ok with her decision, she may have travelled the world regardless, had amazing experiences and met her life partner by taking the path she did rather than being a round the clock slave on some spoilt rich people’s boat.
Well, not everyone will have same experience as there’s a million yachts out there. There is a way you can check the boat up and understand what is for. Private, charter, party, young owners or a lovely family in pension 👌
@@khalidalali186 I would have regretted doing it and coming across same situation s rather regretting doing it. To each their own what you choose to regret.
So you are basically saying you have no experience and no idea what you’re talking about. Interesting comment…
watching this encourages me to cling to my faith
Absolutely without our Lord Jesus Christ we would go bonkers.
Okay hitlersex5522 cling to your faith
@@Angela-ne9cy You can tell by their lifestyle they aren’t christians. just because you give yourself a title doesn’t mean you are what you say you are for a example a man can never be a woman even if the law supports him science and the bible do not.
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cringe tf idiotic -_-
“It’s like a whole other world that people don’t really know exists.”
No no no, we KNOW these things exist. But money keeps people silent about WHO organizes and takes part in these things. Which is why they keep happening. And why we know they happen.
Kudos to this man for giving a peak into it though cause some of these details are mind boggling. 😢
I once worked on a yacht because a student friend got me into it, the owner was a fashion industry billionaire and the biggest sicko ive seen in my life to this date. He always made the girls sit for a long time and smelled the seats once they stood up. The girls were laughing about it but it freaked me out every time he did it. Got out of it after the first gig never looked back
Yuck. I know some of them farted or have a smelly number. He still like to smell that nasty stuff 😅
Thats repulsive
another reason men are the root of all evil,
That’s it….. a billionaire smelling a seat a girl sat in…… u know bums would do the same….
Was his name Peter nygard?? 😂😂
The thing he left out was seeing *children* on these yachts. Not just teens, but toddlers, and elementary school kids. If you have a conscience, you can’t do that work for very long. You constantly go against your morals and conscience for money by knowing these things are happening but doing anything about it.
😢
They’re not someone’s kids? They’re used sexually?
@@edp3202 Absolutely.
Yes, watch Sound of Freedom a great movie child extortion
@@rohan_3128 Oh yeah, I remember when that movie hit the world by storm! Never saw it but I will. Thank you my friend.