Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has implemented a dramatic overhaul of federal agencies, introducing a strategy aimed at streamlining operations and eliminating inefficiencies.
During a town hall in Leesburg, Virginia, an anonymous federal employee voiced concerns about the restructuring process, revealing that recent college graduates from DOGE have been conducting brief interviews with agency staff, requiring them to justify their roles before determining if they should remain employed.
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“I was nervous and reticent to come up here and speak just for retaliation,” the worker said. “In the last week, we had Elon Musk in our building, and after he visited, he called for a 50% cut of the entire agency. My colleagues are getting 15-minute one-on-one check-ins with 19-, 20-, and 21-year-old college graduates asking to justify their existence.”
The employee also claimed that agency supervisors have been instructed to remain silent about the process and that they are now required to fill out justification forms for their staff.
“Supervisors are being told not to tell their staff anything, withhold information. Today, we got word that supervisors must now fill out a justification form and that there’s going to be