This is not a photography job, this is a data collection job.
Pros
They help you get a drone license so you can use that to get a job that is actually about taking photos.
Cons
CoStar created an entire department of Architectural Photographers and their only job is to do all the photo/add shoot work. They do zero data stuff. So if you have a Architectural Photographer in your market you will never do photography just data collection. The photographer part of the Field Research Photographer is just to rope you in… you’ve been warned. Micromanaging on steroids, if you are stopped somewhere for more than 10 minutes you get a call from your manager asking why. Just think about that, if you’re working they assume you’re not. Not only that they look at satellite images of where you were stopped and decide for themselves if you could see a particular building or data point. Get use to going to the bathroom in a bottle while in your car because the productivity requirements are so insane it’s more productive to pee in a bottle than go find a decent washroom. Also if you spend too much time trying to find a washroom they question your driving routes because productivity…