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09-20-2023 , 11:14 AM

#126

Golf_guy

stranger

Join Date: Mar 2019 Posts: 5

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Originally Posted by OFA

Got a week in aria for 200$ so won't be doing that

How did you manage this?

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09-20-2023 , 11:40 AM

#127

marknfw

Gaming Commissioner

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 13,168

Might be able to get a sweet upgrade due to other people canceling too!

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09-20-2023 , 02:59 PM

#128

OFA

old hand

Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 1,917

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Originally Posted by Golf_guy

How did you manage this?

No idea. When I logged into my mlife and it offers the standard 3 free nights I usually get it also had all the other nights heavily discounted. Booked a few months ago.

Even the resort fee was discounted

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09-20-2023 , 08:20 PM

#129

easyfnmoney

grinder

Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 612

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09-20-2023 , 08:24 PM

#130

easyfnmoney

grinder

Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 612

Jacob's video pretty alarming.

Employees not seeing tokes, not seeing 401k balances, not seeing PTO hours, not seeing schedules... all kinds of crazy stuff

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09-20-2023 , 08:53 PM

#131

Gzesh

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 7,672

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Originally Posted by easyfnmoney

EXCELLENT PSA work ....

plus the use of the MGM's Hakkasan sign for the thumbnail was priceless.

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09-21-2023 , 12:20 AM

#132

MyrnaFTW

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 7,596

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Originally Posted by OFA

Maybe a stupid question but how do MGM know who has reservations and how much the fee is?

I'm due to fly out in a week from Ireland. Pretty long flight to get there and find out we cant get our room?

outside of lines, youll have zero issues,, take your reservation number email in a screenshot (starts with an M).

it will show up in their system

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09-21-2023 , 07:57 AM

#133

PokerEthics

adept

Join Date: Feb 2022 Posts: 1,059

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Originally Posted by OFA

You were able to log in to mlife??

Anyone else able to log in ?

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09-21-2023 , 11:13 AM

#134

OFA

old hand

Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 1,917

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Originally Posted by PokerEthics

You were able to log in to mlife??

Anyone else able to log in ?

"Booked a few months ago"

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09-21-2023 , 07:33 PM

#135

DiamondsOnMyNeck

adept

Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 1,032

MGM is looking to hire someone to completely rebuild their IT environment from the ground up. Paying $100/hr. 10hrs/day for 7+ days.

Whoever is making decisions at MGM is maliciously incompetent because I doubt they are going to find many qualified candidates willing to take this job. It’s basically a meme worthy job post. This is not the way to prevent future incidents.

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09-21-2023 , 08:21 PM

#136

L0LWAT

journeyman

Join Date: Apr 2023 Posts: 295

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Originally Posted by DiamondsOnMyNeck

They want to hire contractors to do it in a month. LESS THAN A MONTH. Maliciously incompetent isn't cutting it. They have no intent to retain in house talent after this. They must not have anyone competent working tech at all. Sure sounds like business and product run the show.

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09-21-2023 , 08:29 PM

#137

crawfurd

enthusiast

Join Date: Apr 2023 Posts: 92

No green cards even?

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09-21-2023 , 08:55 PM

#138

madlex

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 17,645

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Originally Posted by crawfurd

No green cards even?

Excluding green card and H1b probably removes most people who would be willing to do a contracting gig it for that money.

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09-22-2023 , 09:54 AM

#139

syndr0me

old hand

Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,672

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Originally Posted by DiamondsOnMyNeck

That is amazing, also the demographic of “willing to work immediately” has to be an insanely bad talent pool

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09-22-2023 , 11:03 AM

#140

madlex

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Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 17,645

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Originally Posted by syndr0me

That is amazing, also the demographic of “willing to work immediately” has to be an insanely bad talent pool

Not necessarily, but both money and location are an issue.

I could have someone work for you on a software development project on Monday. But not in person and not for $100/hour because that's roughly what we have to pay our subcontractor for one of his junior full stack engineers. They're looking for a Red Hat certified sysadmin available immediately in person.

And then there's the citizenship requirement. I know someone who runs an IT staffing business. Their employees are almost exclusively on H1b visa.

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09-22-2023 , 11:33 AM

#141

wal_mbn

journeyman

Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 288

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Originally Posted by DiamondsOnMyNeck

LOL...just shows how clueless MGM are. This is what happens what you have some white suit with no knowledge running the show

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09-22-2023 , 12:51 PM

#142

msw1984

journeyman

Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 315

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Originally Posted by wal_mbn

LOL...just shows how clueless MGM are. This is what happens what you have some white suit with no knowledge running the show

Reports are saying MGM has spent $80 million so far dealing with this hack. You think they'd be able to pay more to get a new IT system up and running.

Also, that job posting reads like something some startup/new company would post. It doesn't read like a professional job posting at all.

"Higher pay for those willing to stick it out until the job is done!"

Just screams unprofessional and desperate to me.

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09-22-2023 , 12:56 PM

#143

wal_mbn

journeyman

Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 288

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Originally Posted by msw1984

100% desperate/near sighted. If they want this done right, try starting at $500 at hour.

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09-22-2023 , 04:06 PM

#144

DiamondsOnMyNeck

adept

Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 1,032

I think greed and incompetence are the main factors. Although, the level of incompetence is so unimaginably high that it really makes you wonder if there’s more to the story.

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09-22-2023 , 05:19 PM

#145

DizzyG

banned

Join Date: Apr 2022 Posts: 415

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Originally Posted by madlex

Doesn't El Diesel have a background in IT. They can pay him 14 an hour plus all the sardines he can eat. Match made in heaven.

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09-22-2023 , 06:43 PM

#146

PeteBlow

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 14,592

Is it a good look that they can afford not pay the ransom because they make so much money off their punters and have such a pool of cash to cover this?

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09-22-2023 , 08:53 PM

#147

Mr Spyutastic

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 15,260

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Originally Posted by DiamondsOnMyNeck

This is like the equivalent of those minimum wage postings wanting you to basically run a restaurant and when they can't find anybody they make a FB post saying no one wants to work.

I guess not surprising to see how out of touch they are with the tech market.

But yeah whoever green lit this posting should be fired.

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09-22-2023 , 10:19 PM

#148

Dr. Meh

veteran

Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 3,423

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Originally Posted by Mr Spyutastic

I agree that the wording is very amateurish but I don’t understand the issue. IT guys charge more than $100/hour these days? Since when? Or are people saying it’s not enough just because of the scope of the project and how much MGM should have to spend on top notch security?

I’m guessing the issue that these guys want to have the Yankees for the price of a AAA team, right? Not that $100/hour is necessarily bad pay, just not for this project, right?

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09-23-2023 , 12:41 AM

#149

L0LWAT

journeyman

Join Date: Apr 2023 Posts: 295

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Originally Posted by Dr. Meh

$100/hr for contract work is awful. They're also asking the person to be on site, work 7 days a week, and 10 hours a day. If they included a suite and food, they might get some reasonable candidates from lower paying areas. Basically all competent engineers make more than $100 an hour, certainly any that can fix this. The listing is so bad it's like a prank.