> Visa Status: Must be US Citizen (no Green Cards or H1b visa candidates will be accepted)
Given the recent SpaceX situation[1] about asylees, is this legal? Can MGM claim national security implications more than SpaceX can? And SpaceX even allowed permanent residents.
USCIS says:
> Employers cannot discriminate when hiring, firing, or recruiting because of someone’s citizenship, immigration status or type of employment authorization. U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals, asylees, refugees, and recent permanent residents are protected from this type of discrimination.
It is perfectly legal to disallow Visa-requiring individuals. I don't believe it is legal to disallow permanent residents as they have the same employment rights as citizens.
That being said, they could just omit the line and discriminate silently. The law doesn't guarantee you a job either so, unless you can undeniably prove you are the best for the job, they'd probably be safe (legally). This is what African-Americans (most prominently, but other groups as well) with obvious nomenclature have dealt with for years.
They're looking for contractors, there are plenty of H1B folks who are sponsored by agencies that contract them out to various companies. The normal term used in job postings is "no visa sponsorship".
There are also cases where government regulations prohibit hiring non-citizens. Given that they're offering $100/hr when they're losing $8m/day, I expect that MGM would LOVE to hire anyone willing to work for below market rates. If a recruiter contacted me, I'd be telling them to triple the rate and then we can start a conversation. I'm sure their attorneys make $300/hr on the low end.
Federal law allows discrimination to deal with other laws, agency rules or executive orders. The Nevada gaming commission is allowed to mandate such a rule and MGM is allowed to comply with it. I don't know if that's the source of the rule, but if so it would be legal
I was thinking the same thing. All I could find via a quick google is:
https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-463.html
It looks like members of the gaming control board and gaming commission must be citizens. But it seems non-citizens are ok in other situations, e.g.:
2. A county shall not deny a gaming license, finding of suitability or approval to a person solely because the person is not a citizen of the United States.
Not wanting H1b is fine and legal, because you can’t simply hire them. You need to file paperwork go prove that you can’t find the equivalent from local workforce. GC is weird, if they needed security clearance, but security clearance takes more than 3 weeks.
All the more reason why this makes no sense, no? It should be as simple as handing the money over to an entity, they get the job done, and you both move on. No healthcare considerations, or sponsoring of visas, or anything else that a standard employer must do to an employee.
Genuinely curious:
* Why the hard deadline of Oct 15?
* Why only 1x headcount?
* Why would you be putting a complete unknown into such a high profile position?
* This was posted today. How much hiring / background check diligence can you do if the start date is also today?
* What if the person you hired was another hacker? It's not like you've got time to check their references...
This seems like the kind of thing where you hire a crack team of crisis experts, and pay $5000/hr or whatever it is until it's fixed. This doesn't seem like the right time to start hiring the first rando that walks through the front door...
Las Vegas Formula 1 Grand Prix starts Nov 16. I don't know why Oct 15 is the hard deadline, but they absolutely want to be up and running in time for the prix.
No idea on the others. The whole thing looks like it's being managed very poorly. Even the hackers spoke up about how bad MGM was handling the situation and how it was causing the media to reflect poorly on the hackers, lol.
If there was any wonder how they got an infrastructure that was so vulnerable and delicate as to be taken out the first time... well, this might explain it.
What do they think they're going to get this time?
Or is this just for the temporary "restore some ops and run on duct tape and prayer" bit. While the real design is carefully considered, and elegantly implemented by a team of relaxed, properly vetted, well motivated professionals who appreciate the gravity of their work and the challenges of the environment that work is expected to face.
Guys, you are allowed to negotiate and ask for more money.
This is supposed to be a business centric forum and you all are taking the list offer at face value!
For a flexible contractor with the experience and a desire to make hay from a desperate client it should be a decent gig. The sort of gigs old timers talk about when reflecting on y2k preparation.
An offer that starts out with a 70-hour workweek and zero days off is not something I'd even consider negotiating further. If they want 7x10 coverage, that's at least a 2-person rotation schedule. The fact that they're only willing to shell out for one person tells me that they're not serious about their IT administration, and therefore not an employer I'd want to work for.
Honestly given the circumstances (emergency short term contract to get them back up) the 10/7 schedule doesn’t bother me that much. It’s also not clear to me that they’re only looking for one person.
The pay though… I don’t know what Sys Admins make but that seems absurdly low for what they want. 100-110/ hr seems like it would be a decent long term rate for the skill set, not the “all hands on deck super overtime emergency” one.
If it was my skillset I’d probably reach out to see if they were willing to move a lot on the rate and pass if they weren’t
My first thought for a counter is $1,000 an hour, fully comped room, food, and beverage in their very best high roller gambling addict tier accommodations. I mean the kind that comes with a butler.
And then some residual fully comped stay credits for use after the job is done.
100 dollars an hour seems like roughly the perfect amount of money to get spammed by unqualified people but get basically no one qualified... I mean maybe people already in Vegas who aren't working it makes sense? If they were paying flights/hotels/food maybe? But I assume they'd mention it if they were.
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Given the recent SpaceX situation[1] about asylees, is this legal? Can MGM claim national security implications more than SpaceX can? And SpaceX even allowed permanent residents.
USCIS says:
> Employers cannot discriminate when hiring, firing, or recruiting because of someone’s citizenship, immigration status or type of employment authorization. U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals, asylees, refugees, and recent permanent residents are protected from this type of discrimination.
[1] https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-space...
That being said, they could just omit the line and discriminate silently. The law doesn't guarantee you a job either so, unless you can undeniably prove you are the best for the job, they'd probably be safe (legally). This is what African-Americans (most prominently, but other groups as well) with obvious nomenclature have dealt with for years.
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* Why only 1x headcount?
* Why would you be putting a complete unknown into such a high profile position?
* This was posted today. How much hiring / background check diligence can you do if the start date is also today?
* What if the person you hired was another hacker? It's not like you've got time to check their references...
This seems like the kind of thing where you hire a crack team of crisis experts, and pay $5000/hr or whatever it is until it's fixed. This doesn't seem like the right time to start hiring the first rando that walks through the front door...
No idea on the others. The whole thing looks like it's being managed very poorly. Even the hackers spoke up about how bad MGM was handling the situation and how it was causing the media to reflect poorly on the hackers, lol.
https://x.com/aejleslie/status/1702417787006673076
What do they think they're going to get this time?
Or is this just for the temporary "restore some ops and run on duct tape and prayer" bit. While the real design is carefully considered, and elegantly implemented by a team of relaxed, properly vetted, well motivated professionals who appreciate the gravity of their work and the challenges of the environment that work is expected to face.
... I know where I'm placing my bets.
This is supposed to be a business centric forum and you all are taking the list offer at face value!
For a flexible contractor with the experience and a desire to make hay from a desperate client it should be a decent gig. The sort of gigs old timers talk about when reflecting on y2k preparation.
The pay though… I don’t know what Sys Admins make but that seems absurdly low for what they want. 100-110/ hr seems like it would be a decent long term rate for the skill set, not the “all hands on deck super overtime emergency” one.
If it was my skillset I’d probably reach out to see if they were willing to move a lot on the rate and pass if they weren’t
Especially in terms of adequate rest and good decision-making.
And then some residual fully comped stay credits for use after the job is done.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/mgm-losing-up-to-8...
What could possibly go wrong with that?