The newly established Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E) under the Trump administration has started recruiting personnel. On Thursday, they posted a recruitment announcement on social media X, indicating their search for individuals with exceptionally high IQs to join them.
The department requires applicants to be willing to work more than 80 hours per week, enjoy cost-cutting tasks, and adhere to the concept of “small government.”
President-elect Donald Trump invited billionaire Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency on Tuesday.
“We don’t need part-time idea people,” they wrote.
They mentioned that applicants could submit their resumes to the Department of Efficiency via private messaging.
“Musk and Ramaswamy will review the top 1% of applicants,” the Department of Efficiency’s account wrote.
Trump stated that Musk and Ramaswamy would downsize the government by July 4, 2026, to “improve efficiency and reduce bureaucracy.”
In his appointment statement, Trump said, “These two outstanding Americans will work together to eliminate government bureaucracy, cut excessive regulations, reduce wasteful spending, and reorganize federal agencies to pave the way – which is crucial to the ‘Save America’ movement.”
“It could become the ‘Manhattan Project’ of our time,” added Trump. The Manhattan Project was synonymous with the U.S. program to develop and produce nuclear weapons during World War II.
The statement outlined that Musk and Ramaswamy would provide recommendations and guidance from outside the government, collaborating with the White House and the Office of Management and Budget to drive significant structural reforms and foster an unprecedented entrepreneurial approach to government.
Musk responded to the appointment on social media X, mentioning that the Department of Government Efficiency would be “firing on all cylinders.”
Ramaswamy also posted, copying Musk, stating, “We won’t just skim the surface.”