It has been done before I know Phil has done a few times.  Most likely you will need someone like him if you want to do this.  So you would need to talk them into running it as trust is so high.

Also you need to know you have a decent enough group of people to do it I would say at least 10 or so most likely.  But it would need to be more then just one is a big thing.

But it has been done before by him.  I have no idea if he is interested in more or if not interested.  But I would start with him if you do find enough for a group: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=64507

I would not guarantee he get's the rigs back.  If it was a crime committed by leaving them at this work it would not surprise me if they are sent as evidence waiting what ever trouble he get's into.   He might get them back but.... with being used to do the crime i would guess would be a long and hard process.

Again OP just don't do it.  I wonder OP's age, I hope his dad is smart enough to know how bad of a idea this is.

Everyone is on different scales. If one S3 is biggest you are conformable or can go to, or most conformable investing yes stick with that.  But many go much higher in hashrate and higher priced machines.

I separate home and hobby miners really.  I consider one who scales it up a decent amount a hobby miner.  If you have 1 or 2 at home I consider home miner, each is a valid option depends on your situation.

It's  a free market.. if they were to build it where it restricts amount of hash or any restrictions it would not be taken kindly.   Look up decentralization and see how much it is at the core of Bitcoin.

Other questions I'm not sure if your serious or not.

I should get an official anwser in email, but I expect it to be during the business week most likely.  But your input is very much appreciated if you do measure it and post your results in thread.

They do give it a percentage where at the wall it could be higher like you mentioned.  

1. Hash Rate: 4.73 TH/s ±5%
2. Power Consumption: 1293W + 10% (at the wall, with APW3, 93% efficiency, 25C ambient temp)
3. Power Efficiency: 0.25 J/GH + 10% (at the wall, with APW3, 93% efficiency, 25°C ambient temp)

I will send them a email to verify if it is closer to .27 on actual at wall. (It's weekend in China I might not have a instant anwser).
*Sent them a email asked on 240 with recommended PSU (The Bitmain PSU) well update once I get anwser.

0) General information
1) Unpacking
2) The Miner
3) Install
4) Running the miner
5) Conclusion
6) How to purchase

0) General Information
The Bitmain S7 has been a very popular miner with current gen miners. With most reviews covering the earlier batch (most batch 1's) I felt it was worthy to do a more current one with a batch S7 from batch 8. They have now went to a specification which I expect them to keep for at least the near future and possibly longer. They currently are shipping out within 5 day's after payment.  The efficiency and recent drop in price make this a real contender in current gen miners.  This miner consists of 3 main modules with 3 blades in each.  Together they bring a hashing speed of 4.73 TH at only 1293 watt's, making it run approximately at a efficiency of 0.25 J/GH. All of this with the familiar Bitmain GUI you have come to expect, making setup very easy.

Specifications:
1. Hash Rate: 4.73 TH/s ±5%
2. Power Consumption: 1293W + 10% (at the wall, with APW3, 93% efficiency, 25C ambient temp)
3. Power Efficiency: 0.25 J/GH + 10% (at the wall, with APW3, 93% efficiency, 25°C ambient temp) **Has been questioned as shown below.  Email sent also asking for people to report their efficiency.
4. Rated Voltage: 11.60 ~13.00V
5. Chip quantity per unit: 135x BM1385
6. Dimensions: 301mm(L)*123mm(W)*155mm(H)
7. Cooling: 2x 12038 fan
8. Operating Temperature: 0 °C to 40 °C
9. Network Connection: Ethernet
10. Default Frequency: 700M

1) Unpacking
The miner is very well packed as you can see below.  It is within a special styrofoam packing, that helps keep the miner in the center of the box.  This helps keep the miner safe during shipping, and there is a message to owner that is on-top so you read it before running miner.



2) The Miner
Below are images to showcase the miner.




3) Install
One of the big things before install is to make sure all heat-sinks stayed in place during shipment.  There are different way's to do this. I did not want to void warranty during my check.  I chose to take fans off on both ends and look inside to ensure no heat-sinks had fallen during shipping.



The install can vary greatly for each person on electricity. For those of you familiar with my guides I used the same 240 volt 30 amp connection to a 30 amp PDU I used in my S5+ review.  From this PDU I used one of the Bitmain server PSU suggested which came with the needed 10 PCIe cables, making the install very easy. ( https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=000201505040743496917U7kGsCm0694 ).  

The install time of S7 and PSU went very quick plugging into PDU (I did turn off power to PDU to not be plugging in cables that are live).  This was done in only a few minutes.  After install I did set a static IP as I always do then went to the very familiar and easy GUI to set up my pool information.

Below is a picture of the S7 installed with the Bitmain PSU:



4) Running the miner
Was very easy to set up and get running if you are familiar with the AntMiner GUI.  At this point I changed network settings to set up with a static IP, and my pools are inputed after. Below you can see the S7 hashing away after setup.
 
Below shows the miner actually mining:



5) Conclusion
This miner takes the BM1385 chip and makes a powerful and efficient miner.   For me it was a very simple and easy install, there were no issues during it.  Using the recommended Bitmain psu really does help make it a simple install for those with 220/240. The hashing power you get with efficiency makes the new batch 8 with the price drop from batch 7 a great choice currently.  I will continue to run and test out the S7 batch 8 and update this, but I expect there to be no issues.

6) How to purchase
You can go directly to the Bitmain's website: https://www.bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=000201511170341298180m44675v0613

I know there are some that have said a safe way to buy vanity gen from a site that had a pool running "mining" BTC addresses.   I really don't like idea of others being any part of my private key.

I would make it myself or not have it.   But I'm to safe most likely.

If you have a PSU tester test the PCIe connectors and see what power your getting.  Checking is not a bad idea at all like mentioned.

You say 15amp but how many volts are on circuit?  You will not operate it properly with 110/120 volt.  It say's it on listing (205+ volt required).  That is very true.  I hope you did not pay that amazon amount... it's like a little above 1/2 that on bitmain's site.

GUIMiner can used for scrypt mining with GPU's.  But most of time you will lose money running it.  And you sure won't pay for the cards them self.

But you are right on BTC mining you need asic.  Even scrypt mining has been taken over by asics.  It is only certain algo's that remain GPU only and none are profitable in my mind.

You need compare GPU's here is a list: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Vanitygen  But basically the newer and better... the faster (not always there are some other things).  But new and fast GPU normally will be faster.

A big thing is how long of vanity address your "mining".  Depending on length and if exact it could be a very long time, or very short time.

Seriously it was long winded message of saying he is justified in stealing since he is worth more....   If he is worth more apply else where or if so vital to company ask for raise...

He could be the "basically king shit at this company" without a job with your plan OP.  And a firing is well deserved if he does any of what you speak of .

Even if you get a 16/32 core VPS or soemthing.... cpu mining still does not pay off.   Just to much cost for so little money.  You will lose cases in most cases.

I have not seen any recent ones of people paying off CPU/GPU mining rigs... just cost vs income does not work.

I think you need to take a step back and breath.  Honestly getting worked up and going after mod's/admin's is not going to help you.   I would assume if anything you would annoy them and either ignore or another ban happens.

Looking at first post just a little bit of it:

You realize this is a online forum not a country?   There is not like a bill of rights or something for it.... we are guests and have to abide by rules of the forum.   If mod's/admin's want to ban someone they could for no reason..... but as far as I have seen there is always a good reason and if not they let you talk it out in meta which they don't have to do.  That is for the users benefit.

I think we will see some wait a little longer.  A lot of us that put in early guess were not even in ballpark of it.  So I'm guessing some more wait a bit to see where it goes.

So I think we just might do it this time if people wait... but you never know.

If you know what network settings were on it you can log into miner via a static IP on a PC on same network settings.  But you have to know settings, I'm not sure how you will do it with what you mentioned above.

Here is a good example from S1 day's look how he set's computer to static IP and directly connects.  But you need to know the things mentioned in it to do it.   - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=344970.0

I think the rollover adds to excitement.  Part of fun is it getting big and people missing it, just like lotto.  When it get's big people go crazy.

I think more 1/4th or so to closest.  I think it's a good idea on closest but I think keep majority rolling till hit for fun.  But I could be wrong.

But where can you buy one of these new produced ones?  I think it is still internal if I had to guess on most equipment.

I think your going to 3rd parties at this point on Titan and SF-100 unless they started selling to general public and I just missed it.