COST-CUTTING AROUND THE CLOCK: Musk Says DOGE Is Putting In 120 Hours a Week, While Bureaucrats Opposing His Work Barely Clock 40 Weekly Hours
February 3, 2025
In his quest to cut costs in the Federal Government, DOGE chief Elon Musk is deploying a ‘superpower’ that his enemies are not willing to use: a ‘hardcore’ work ethic with long working hours, seven days a week.
Musk has bragged on X that the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency he is heading is putting in 120-hour work weeks.
It’s barely been two weeks since the Tesla and SpaceX founder took control of the new task force, running DOGE in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, with the goal of slashing federal spending by as much as $1-2 trillion.
The New York Post reported:
“’DOGE is working 120 hour[s] a week’, Musk wrote in a post on X on Sunday. ‘Our bureaucratic opponents optimistically work 40 hours a week. That is why they are losing so fast’.”
DOGE is working 120 hour a week. Our bureaucratic opponents optimistically work 40 hours a week. That is why they are losing so fast. https://t.co/dXtrL5rj1K
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 2, 2025
That comes a day after the tech billionaire revealed that DOGE staffers were working through the weekends.
“’Very few in the bureaucracy actually work the weekend, so it’s like the opposing team just leaves the field for 2 days! Working the weekend is a superpower’, Musk wrote, adding a laughing emoji.”
Very few in the bureaucracy actually work the weekend, so it’s like the opposing team just leaves the field for 2 days!
Working the weekend is a superpower https://t.co/VgyBk1nJIO
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 1, 2025
This is the equivalent of over 17 hours of work a day for DOGE employees.
While it’s a grueling schedule, it’s also not a surprise, since back in 2018 Musk claimed to work 120-hour weeks running Tesla, his EV maker.
He is known for encouraging his team to work the same long hours.
“In 2022, when Musk completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, he demanded staffers commit to a ‘hardcore’ work life and put in ‘long hours at high intensity’ – or leave for another company.
The performance crackdown pushed more than half of the company’s 4,000 workers to leave, opting instead for three months of severance, according to Business Insider.”
DOGE has moved swiftly to shut down Government operations accused of reckless spending.
Just a day President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration, Musk tackled diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across the federal government – shuttering the Chief Diversity Officers Executive Council, the government office responsible for DEI and accessibility programs.
“Most recently, staffers of the US Agency for International Development – a six-decade-old US aid and development agency – were told to stay out of the team’s Washington headquarters on Monday after Musk said Trump agreed with him to close the agency.”
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Author: Paul Serran