It's not like he doesn't have money or anything, how else did he pay for those Bitvest/777coin/Eloncoin banner slots all these months? And those things are expensive.
Of course he has shit load of money (most likely), that's not the issue here. It's just that he doesn't care much about being on time with payments and has a long history of doing that, as seen in his trust feedback. So yeah, those willing to work for him should be prepared to be paid at his whim.
I can bet you that even after all this is finally resolved and people get their money, if he launches another shitcoin project and start looking for admins/whatever, bunch of people would apply anyway. It's just how it is here, a lot of members willing to take a risk for a couple of satoshis, like bounty hunters do all the time.