Billionaire Elon Musk wants to hire “high-IQ revolutionaries” to work in a new agency under Trump. The CEO of SpaceX is also upfront about the salary and nature of the work.
Billionaire Elon Musk. Photo: Wireimage
According to NBC News, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) – led by billionaire Elon Musk and politician Vivek Ramaswamy – began accepting applications for staff positions on November 14.”We need revolutionaries with super high IQs, ready to work over 80 hours a week on cost-cutting missions,” a verified Government Efficiency Department account posted on social media platform X.”If you fit the bill, send a private message to this account along with your CV. Mr. Musk and Mr. Ramaswamy will review the top 1% of applicants,” the post read.
Musk added that the job is unpaid but will “do a lot to help America.”
“This will be tedious work, with many adversaries, and the compensation is zero,” the American billionaire wrote on social media platform X.
Thousands have responded to DOGE’s post on X. Some suggested areas for spending cuts.It is unclear who manages the posts from this account. However, Musk has reshared posts from this account, signaling that it may be DOGE’s official account.
President-elect Donald Trump announced on November 12 that he would appoint Musk and Ramaswamy as co-chairs of an advisory council to propose spending cuts, identify regulations to eliminate, and provide ideas for restructuring federal agencies.
Musk and Ramaswamy have called for major changes to federal programs, including large-scale layoffs and deep budget cuts.
On November 13, Musk urged a reduction in funding for non-governmental organizations.
“Government-funded NGOs. This is an obvious contradiction,” he wrote on social media platform X.
