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I wonder if they ever found a sysadmin willing to work around the clock for $100/hr.

by ses1984 3y ago

baq 3y ago
Yeah that one was funny. $100/hr would probably cover only the interview rate for this particular job.
baobabKoodaa 3y ago
What is this referencing?
- insanitybit 3y ago
  They put out a job posting basically saying "We need you to work 24/7 for a few months to rebuild our infra" and then offered $100/hr
  - henry2023 3y ago
    I now get why they got hacked.
- Decabytes 3y ago
  They put out a job offer that was $100 an hour with you being on call 7 days a week
  - renegade-otter 3y ago
    I think the casino business is awash in so much money that they don't understand how it works in the real world. "$100 an hour sounds like enough on this planet, yeah? Let's go with that, a nice round one hundred an hour!"
    - kube-system 3y ago
      The job wasn't posted by MGM it was posted by a contractor.
- m348e912 3y ago
  This: https://www.itbrew.com/stories/2023/09/25/mgm-grand-seeks-linux-admin-to-rebuild-it-systems# https://www.itbrew.com/stories/2023/09/25/mgm-grand-seeks-li...
- jabroni_salad 3y ago
  It's from a job posting that circulated last week: Job Description Arganteal seeks an onsite Red Hat Linux System Admin "RHEL SysAdmin" in Las Vegas, Nevada for immediate work starting 9-21-2023. This role will be helping the MGM Grand Casino to build its net new IT environment after the recent ransomware hack. Candidates must be willing to work everyday until the new IT environment is fully stood up. We are open to people who will only work a grand total of 7 days! Expected Dates of Service 9-21-2023 through 10-15-2023 Hourly Rate: $100.00 per on 1099 Location: Onsite at MGM HQ in Las Vegas (absolutely no remote work) Visa Status: Must be US Citizen (no Green Cards or H1b visa candidates will be accepted) Working Hours: Expect to work 10 hours per day 7 days a week
  - lovehashbrowns 3y ago
    > Expected Dates of Service 9-21-2023 through 10-15-2023 ... Hourly Rate: $100.00 per on 1099 That's a contract worker? So what's gonna happen is this poor soul is going to build out some hacked-together junk as quickly as possible, get replaced, and the replacements will have no idea how anything works. Some time down the line, a server isn't going to get a critical update because nobody even knows it exists, and this will all repeat again once the hackers find it. :) Just complete and utter trash.
  - AdamN 3y ago
    Isn't the visa status criterion illegal?
    - lovehashbrowns 3y ago
      I thought maybe it was some regulatory/gaming license sorta deal. But I'm looking at job listings for things like working on casino ATMs, repairing slot machines, and even a job listing for Revenue Auditor where the job description covers auditing slot machine drops, annual casino revenue, etc. None of these have US Citizen as a requirement. Seems very suspect, honestly. But I dunno how these things work on casinos.
    - kube-system 3y ago
      Employers can require that applicants be a US citizen if it is a requirement to comply with some other law or regulation.
CamperBob2 3y ago
What they will get for $100/hour is a highly skilled, experienced, hard-working, and deeply corrupt freelance sysadmin who will take them for almost as much as the ransomware mob did. The people running this casino don't seem all that bright. Unless that ad was a joke, in which case I guess I shouldn't be talking...

I wonder if they ever found a sysadmin willing to work around the clock for $100/hr.

baq 3y ago

Yeah that one was funny. $100/hr would probably cover only the interview rate for this particular job.

baobabKoodaa 3y ago

What is this referencing?

insanitybit 3y ago
They put out a job posting basically saying "We need you to work 24/7 for a few months to rebuild our infra" and then offered $100/hr
- henry2023 3y ago
  I now get why they got hacked.
Decabytes 3y ago
They put out a job offer that was $100 an hour with you being on call 7 days a week
- renegade-otter 3y ago
  I think the casino business is awash in so much money that they don't understand how it works in the real world. "$100 an hour sounds like enough on this planet, yeah? Let's go with that, a nice round one hundred an hour!"
  - kube-system 3y ago
    The job wasn't posted by MGM it was posted by a contractor.
m348e912 3y ago
This: https://www.itbrew.com/stories/2023/09/25/mgm-grand-seeks-linux-admin-to-rebuild-it-systems# https://www.itbrew.com/stories/2023/09/25/mgm-grand-seeks-li...
jabroni_salad 3y ago
It's from a job posting that circulated last week: Job Description Arganteal seeks an onsite Red Hat Linux System Admin "RHEL SysAdmin" in Las Vegas, Nevada for immediate work starting 9-21-2023. This role will be helping the MGM Grand Casino to build its net new IT environment after the recent ransomware hack. Candidates must be willing to work everyday until the new IT environment is fully stood up. We are open to people who will only work a grand total of 7 days! Expected Dates of Service 9-21-2023 through 10-15-2023 Hourly Rate: $100.00 per on 1099 Location: Onsite at MGM HQ in Las Vegas (absolutely no remote work) Visa Status: Must be US Citizen (no Green Cards or H1b visa candidates will be accepted) Working Hours: Expect to work 10 hours per day 7 days a week
- lovehashbrowns 3y ago
  > Expected Dates of Service 9-21-2023 through 10-15-2023 ... Hourly Rate: $100.00 per on 1099 That's a contract worker? So what's gonna happen is this poor soul is going to build out some hacked-together junk as quickly as possible, get replaced, and the replacements will have no idea how anything works. Some time down the line, a server isn't going to get a critical update because nobody even knows it exists, and this will all repeat again once the hackers find it. :) Just complete and utter trash.
- AdamN 3y ago
  Isn't the visa status criterion illegal?
  - lovehashbrowns 3y ago
    I thought maybe it was some regulatory/gaming license sorta deal. But I'm looking at job listings for things like working on casino ATMs, repairing slot machines, and even a job listing for Revenue Auditor where the job description covers auditing slot machine drops, annual casino revenue, etc. None of these have US Citizen as a requirement. Seems very suspect, honestly. But I dunno how these things work on casinos.
  - kube-system 3y ago
    Employers can require that applicants be a US citizen if it is a requirement to comply with some other law or regulation.

CamperBob2 3y ago

What they will get for $100/hour is a highly skilled, experienced, hard-working, and deeply corrupt freelance sysadmin who will take them for almost as much as the ransomware mob did. The people running this casino don't seem all that bright. Unless that ad was a joke, in which case I guess I shouldn't be talking...