Whether Elon Musk is backing up or not the west wing, federal workers want to know one thing.
“Can we stop sending this weekly email now?” An employee of the Internal Revenue Service asked.
Business Insider spoke with 17 federal workers after the CEO of Tesla said during a profit call on Tuesday that he hoped to devote more time to the company because the “major establishment” is finished.
Several referenced by email “What did you do last week” required by Musk’s Doge Office since February. Many have said they are skeptical that Musk will lose his influence on the White House. Even if he does it, some said that Musk’s heritage would live in Doge by cuts on federal workforce and the government budget. Others simply hope that they will have a fewer weekly email to send.
As a special government employee, Musk is legally authorized to work for the Trump administration for 130 days a year. However, the federal workers with whom Bi spoke said they expected what he continued to make the headlines.
“My reaction is” I will believe it when I see him “, said an IRS programmer, adding:” I believe that the richest man in the world has made his way in the most powerful government in the world, and there is nobody to prevent him from keeping this access, even if he looks “on paper. “”
A former employee of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that they did not take the announcement of Musk seriously. An employee of the staff management office added that Musk’s wish to take a step back looks like “spin”.
Other federal workers have said that even if Musk leaves Doge, his actions will have a lasting impact on the government and its staff.
“The effect he has had on the federal government cannot be defined as well as quarterly profits,” said the employee of the OPM. Several workers have expressed their concern about the reports that Doge and Musk have access to sensitive information such as internal government’s databases and Social Security details of the Americans.
Some have reflected on anxiety that Doge’s federal madness caused in their own life. Some said they were constantly worried about losing their livelihood. The federal workers who voted for Donald Trump and support his money economy goals also told Bi that they felt betrayed by the sudden mass dismissals of Musk on what Doge called “the low performers”.
“There is a methodical means of reducing the workforce, and I am absolutely so that the good dimension of respecting current events,” said an employee of the Ministry of Agriculture. “The way Musk and his team have manipulated and continue to manage the situation is harmful to federal workers (who are real people with family), harmful for American institutions and, ultimately, harmful to the American public.”
An employee of the Ministry of Defense hopes that the decrease of Musk will give them “a little relief” on his job security.
And then there are the possible effects on their daily work. Several federal workers have told Bi that they hoped that the departure of Musk would point out the end of his email “five balls”. We do not know what Musk and his colleagues do with the information or if it has directly led to employee dismissals.
“I have to watch and do research and see what I did – it’s 10 minutes wasted,” said an employee of the social security administration, adding: “I could spend my time more effectively doing other things.” Another IRS employee said they were sending almost the same e-mail every week.
Musk said Tesla Call on Tuesday that he would always spend a day or two per week in government matters “, as long as she is useful” to the president. On Wednesday, when journalists asked Trump in the oval office for Musk’s departure, he said that Musk “was an incredible guy” and “was a great help in the countryside and what he did with Doge”. Neither Musk nor Trump developed the future role of Musk in the administration.
The possible reshuffle of the Doges is preparing for Tesla gains in the first quarter. The profit by action of the company of electric vehicles and the revenues fell 71% and 9% from one year to the next, respectively. Musk said last month that his role in the White House “costs me a lot” and that he directs his businesses with “a lot of difficulty”. With a news that he could withdraw from Trumpworld, Tesla’s actions were exchanging more than 5% after hours and jumped on Wednesday.
A federal employee said they are not surprised that Musk looks back in his role as CEO. They said that working on government is probably “too many problems for someone who is trained to see things as engineering problems”.
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