Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s groundbreaking idea to shrink the budget: Fire everyone who doesn’t want to work in the office five days a week

When Donald Trump announced which he is placing Elon Musk And Vivek Ramaswamy took charge of his newly established government Department of Government Effectivenesshe boldly declared the initiative, under the duo’s guidance, would become “the Manhattan Project of our time.” And a week and a half later, it became abundantly clear that the comparison between the smartest people in the world coming together to build something that would fundamentally change life as we know it was not about two people dropped bombs indiscriminately on America. without really thinking about the consequences.

The first clue appeared on Wednesday, when in a article because the Wall Street JournalMusk and Ramaswamy revealed that their big idea for cutting government waste and shrinking the federal budget is to tell everyone to come into the office and fire those who refuse. “Requiring federal employees to report to the office five days a week would result in a wave of voluntary terminations that we welcome,” the two wrote. “If federal employees don’t want to show up, American taxpayers shouldn’t pay them for the privilege of staying home during Covid.” Should federal employees go to the office a few days a week? Maybe! Is it a smart idea to set a blanket rule saying that if they don’t come to work every day they will be fired? Probably not, at least when it comes to retaining people who actually know what they’re doing and could easily find work elsewhere if their terms of employment with the federal government became harsh. meaningless carving.

Like NBC News note“The Biden administration has ordered federal agencies in 2023 to ‘significantly increase meaningful direct work,’ but it also left some flexibility, citing zero operating costs office space, need to recruit ‘top talent’ and other factors.” One August report from the Office of Management and Budget shows that about 1.1 million federal (civilian) employees, or nearly half the workforce, are eligible to work from home at least part of the week, with an additional 280,000 people in completely remote locations. Meaning, under Musk and Ramaswamy’s proposal, more than a million people, if they choose to say no to working in the office five days a week, could be left out.

If you’re wondering if the RTO decree issued by Team Trump is something new for Musk, it’s not. However, in 2022, he required Tesla and SpaceX employees to report to the office a minimum of 40 hours a week. according to CNBCthree months after the incident Tesla “did not have enough space or resources to bring all of its employees back to the office.”

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