Are Staff Appraisers paid customary and reasonable fees?

[ramrcdk]

They push for 10-15, which is rarely achievable in 8 hrs, so most of us are working longer.

OMGosh using your name your license (liability) your future for ... stress filled DAZE. 15 equates to $210 minus taxes & expenses = slave labor.

 

[TerryRohrer]

Man, I understand a hand-to-mouth existence but have always thought my certification had value. No way I would risk it in that game. I would skin my overhead to the bone and get a fast food job until the market changes. I have never had a day, much less a week or month, where every assignment was so simple and straightforward, regardless of scope of work or lack of requirements, that I would feel like I was complying with USPAP in even a few, much less all, assignments.

 

[ucbruin]

OMGosh using your name your license (liability) your future for ... stress filled DAZE. 15 equates to $210 minus taxes & expenses = slave labor.

As always, it depends....
In 2023....
IT REALLY DEPENDS....

 

[Underrated]

No--staff means not independent appraiser/contractor. They can pay you minimum wage and demand 30 reports per day and not break any laws.

However, why would anyone accept $14 for ANY appraisal? There is no way even a desktop short form report that meets USPAP can be done in under an hour. So these folks are willing to jump through all the hoops required to get an appraisal license...to literally make fast food wages and sell their soul to satan at the same time--because lets be honest, part of this gig is 100% must meet value every time, else you are gone.

To summarize, these folks:

Work for years to get license.
Deal with constant stress and value pressure.
To make fast food wages?

Come on, what are we missing here?

Of course I wasn't told this when I was hired. It does take me about an hour to complete each one and am often working while clocked out to meet expectations. There is no pressure to meet value, just pressure to produce. As TomD said, I am probably making them $1000/day. I took the job on false promises and am now stuck for now due to needing to keep the medical insurance. Anyone that has an expensive chronic illness understands this.

 

[glenn walker]

Never say never we have a large AMC in Pomona who operates like this. I had a freind go broke last year and his quata was doing one evry 20 to 40 minutes. After 4 weeks they fired him he could not keep up. he quit and let his licsnes expire . In 2023 we will see many doing whatever they have to do to survive.

 

[glenn walker]

Of course I wasn't told this when I was hired. It does take me about an hour to complete each one and am often working while clocked out to meet expectations. There is no pressure to meet value, just pressure to produce. As TomD said, I am probably making them $1000/day. I took the job on false promises and am now stuck for now due to needing to keep the medical insurance. Anyone that has an expensive chronic illness understands this.

Yes you gotta do what it takes and hope and pray a better opportunity comes your way.

 

[ucbruin]

Bennies have value....

 

[TerryRohrer]

Never say never we have a large AMC in Pomona who operates like this. I had a freind go broke last year and his quata was doing one evry 20 to 40 minutes. After 4 weeks they fired him he could not keep up. he quit and let his licsnes expire . In 2023 we will see many doing whatever they have to do to survive.

Gotta be PCV Murcor! What a pack of pukes!

 

[glenn walker]

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Gotta be PCV Murcor! What a pack of pukes!

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[Overimprovement]

Of course I wasn't told this when I was hired. It does take me about an hour to complete each one and am often working while clocked out to meet expectations. There is no pressure to meet value, just pressure to produce. As TomD said, I am probably making them $1000/day. I took the job on false promises and am now stuck for now due to needing to keep the medical insurance. Anyone that has an expensive chronic illness understands this.

I get the insurance need, that can be a huge benefit. I would suggest monetizing that benefit and adding it to your total pay, then divide by total hours worked (per day, week, month, whatever), to get a full view of what you are earning there--with the pressure no less (even if just production related, not value).

I would be VERY surprised if, in this market, there are not better opportunities out there. That stress at work takes years off the end of your life. There is a negative benefit to stress that is hard to quantitize, but very real.

Hope you can find something better!