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Approximately how many graders does CGC have on staff

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Dr. Balls

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ah, k, didn't know that was there....wonder how so few guys can grade so many comics......i hope they're all healthy and never get sick.

 

I believe there apprentice graders, junior graders, (not sure of the term) that don't get any press on the website. If I recall correctly, there were several stages of graders who perform different tasks (like page counting, etc).

 

11 graders for all those books that funnel into CGC on a daily basis, and three of them have to grade every book? I'd be pretty concerned about quality control if that were the case - I'm going to say there's a lot more graders than what is shown on the website.

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Ditch Fahrenheit

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ah, k, didn't know that was there....wonder how so few guys can grade so many comics......i hope they're all healthy and never get sick.

 

I believe there apprentice graders, junior graders, (not sure of the term) that don't get any press on the website. If I recall correctly, there were several stages of graders who perform different tasks (like page counting, etc).

 

11 graders for all those books that funnel into CGC on a daily basis, and three of them have to grade every book? I'd be pretty concerned about quality control if that were the case - I'm going to say there's a lot more graders than what is shown on the website.

 

Absolutely.

 

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Posted on 3/24/2011

 

CGC is the first independent, impartial, expert third-party comic book grading service. A proven and respected commitment to integrity, accuracy, consistency and impartiality has made CGC the leader in its field. In fact, in 2007, CGC crossed the million-book mark and has now graded nearly 1.5 million comic books

 

Using a rough calculation of the data given above (using a standard work week), it would appear that they average 567 books per day.

 

Using 11 graders, 3 graders per book, and the above rate, this would mean each grader's output would be 19.3 books per hour, or one book every 3.1 minutes.

 

I would assume that rate is much higher now.

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ah, k, didn't know that was there....wonder how so few guys can grade so many comics......i hope they're all healthy and never get sick.

 

I believe there apprentice graders, junior graders, (not sure of the term) that don't get any press on the website. If I recall correctly, there were several stages of graders who perform different tasks (like page counting, etc).

 

11 graders for all those books that funnel into CGC on a daily basis, and three of them have to grade every book? I'd be pretty concerned about quality control if that were the case - I'm going to say there's a lot more graders than what is shown on the website.

 

they called them "interns" I think (thumbs u

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ah, k, didn't know that was there....wonder how so few guys can grade so many comics......i hope they're all healthy and never get sick.

 

I believe there apprentice graders, junior graders, (not sure of the term) that don't get any press on the website. If I recall correctly, there were several stages of graders who perform different tasks (like page counting, etc).

 

11 graders for all those books that funnel into CGC on a daily basis, and three of them have to grade every book? I'd be pretty concerned about quality control if that were the case - I'm going to say there's a lot more graders than what is shown on the website.

 

they called them "interns" I think (thumbs u

Pre-graders? (shrug) West would know.
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Ditch Fahrenheit

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I don't follow your math.

 

CGC graded just over 1.5 million books over 11 years (from 2000 to 2011). They don't have as many graders as you think they have.

 

Just a rough estimate based on the data available. This assumes they started production 1/2000, had level production, always used a standard work week, and always had 11 graders - all these assumptions are more than likely incorrect, but I have no other data to work with. This is the classic "back of the envelope" calculation.

 

 

Here's my math:

 

 

Time frame: Jan/2000 - 3/2011 (123 months)

 

1.5 M books/123 months = 12,195.1 books/mo

 

12,195.1/4.3 = 2,836.1 books/wk

 

2,836.1/5 = 567.2 books/day

 

 

Each book is graded 3 times, so that's 1701.6 grades per day

 

1701.6/11 graders = 154.7 grades per day per grader

 

154.7/8 = 19.3 grades per hour per grader

 

60/19.3 = 3.1 minutes per grade per grader.

 

 

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Dr. Balls

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ah, k, didn't know that was there....wonder how so few guys can grade so many comics......i hope they're all healthy and never get sick.

 

I believe there apprentice graders, junior graders, (not sure of the term) that don't get any press on the website. If I recall correctly, there were several stages of graders who perform different tasks (like page counting, etc).

 

11 graders for all those books that funnel into CGC on a daily basis, and three of them have to grade every book? I'd be pretty concerned about quality control if that were the case - I'm going to say there's a lot more graders than what is shown on the website.

 

they called them "interns" I think (thumbs u

Pre-graders? (shrug) West would know.

 

Pre-graders sounds right. I think I've heard that term before. But who knows, I may just be scaling my log here.

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Ditch Fahrenheit

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thanks for the explanation.

 

You bet!

 

So, since this calculated productivity seems aggressive, I was agreeing with Dr. Balls that they probably have additional grading resources in order to keep pace with their production.

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zosocane

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As much as I like looking at comics, I think being a grader would quickly become tedious.

 

I agree, and given the massive volume they deal with -- especially dealing with speculators submitting modern books to get a 9.8 instead of a 9.6, etc. -- one wonders what the risk is of one of them going postal.

 

I would also become frustrated by not being able to read the ones that looked interesting.

 

Wait a second. You think when you leave your car at the valet stand that they might not take it for a joy ride if it's a nice car?

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