DOGE Vacancy: America’s newly elected President Donald Trump has created a new and unique department, called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), with the aim of cutting federal expenses. This department is headed by billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, whose main objective is to cut the US budget. The deadline for this project has been set for July 4, 2026, which is also America’s 250th anniversary.
DOGE will be operated in conjunction with the White House and the Office of Management and Budget, although this is not an official government department, but will serve as an external advisor. DOGE has started its recruitment process on social media platform X (formerly Twitter).
What are the requirements for DOGE recruitment?
X (old name Twitter) account DOGE, which has gathered more than 12 lakh followers, has posted a job post. The post did not specify how much education or work experience candidates should have, but did clarify that they were looking for “high-IQ revolutionaries” willing to work more than 80 hours a week. Be. The department does not need more “idea generators”.
To apply, DOGE asks candidates to send their resume via direct message (DM) to After this post, some users commented that first sending DM should be made easier. Many people could not DM because DOGE’s account does not follow any user.
DOGE also revealed that Musk and Ramaswamy will personally review only the “top 1%” of applicants, although details of the selection criteria were not provided.
What is the salary?
There will be no salary in this role, which Musk himself clarified. “It will be a boring job, make a lot of enemies and the pay is zero,” he said. What a great deal!” He said these unpaid positions would “help America tremendously.”
How are people reacting?
This recruitment drive has received mixed reactions on social media. One person jokingly asked, “Will you get overtime pay for working more than 40 hours, right?” Another said that his IQ is “104”, which is above normal. Someone else posted his resume on a lighter note, saying he can eat 10 Oreo cookies at once and also has some Dogecoin.
Republican Party supporter Valentina Gomez responded, “I am ready for this budget to be cut, departments like TSA, IRS, ATF will be the first to go.”
What is the main function of DOGE?
- In his statement on Tuesday, Trump said that this panel will advise the government externally.
- Will reduce government expenses.
- Would reduce regulations and reorganize federal agencies.
- This panel will be run without Senate approval, so that Musk and Ramaswamy can handle it along with their business responsibilities.
What did Elon Musk say?
- Taking a transparency initiative, Musk said the panel will share its actions for public comment.
- He said that if people feel that any essential expenditure is being cut or unnecessary expenditure is not being cut, then they can tell him.
- Musk joked that he would also make a list of “wasteful expenses” that would be “quite entertaining.”
- At Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden in October, Musk said that DOGE aimed to reduce the federal budget by at least “$2 trillion.” Addressing the public, he said, ‘Your money is being wasted, and the Department of Government Efficiency is going to improve it.’
- On Wednesday, Vivek Ramaswamy said that the panel will soon start the work of highlighting examples of government waste and possible fraud through “crowdsourcing”.
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