Yes, it is intemperate to name names which could come back to haunt you. But, in my opinion, yes it is the norm to get the shaft in this profession. Indeed it says a lot about the lack of professionalism in the industry. That is why there are so few trainees being trained thoroughly and the high rate of trained appraisers who fail to get the requisite hours of experience or who simply drop out of the business.
I know of 2 women who were groped by their supervisors - heard that from the women themselves. One of those told of several other women working for the same guy who got the same treatment. I suspect there are a whole heckofalot more who are too embaressed to admit such. I know of at least 6 or 7 appraisers who quit over fee splits that favored the supervisory appraiser, usually one of those "you did not do it the way I wanted so I am taking all the fee for my effort to fix your problem" Screwing someone out of money they might need to live on (and trainees are ALWAYS underpaid compared to the real world) is a great way to impress your buddies. Pay them, then fire them if they are not working out, but don't NOT pay them for what they have done. Amazingly, I have even heard appraisers trying to justify cheating the hired help, either by saying that was the way they were treated "paying their dues" or that the trainee should have known better than do [whatever.] I find an incredible number of appraisers who seem to fear the trainees as future competition. Anytime I cannot outcompete some wet behind the ears appraiser then I want to retire. They might poach some of the lesser clients, and they might not. But if you are truly taking care of business your regular customers are not going to jump ship over a small fee cut or slightly quicker turnaround.
Appraisers don't have to worry about AVMs putting us out of business, we are doing a dandy job of doing ourselves in without any help.