Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is looking for “super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting.”
The department, co-led by businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, posted recruitment criteria on X, the platform owned by Musk, using its newly launched and grey-checked account. According to the post, Musk and Ramaswamy will personally review applications from the top 1% of candidates.
We are very grateful to the thousands of Americans who have expressed interest in helping us at DOGE. We don’t need more part-time idea generators. We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting. If that’s…
— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) November 14, 2024
And resumes can only be sent via DM—which means you need to sign up and pay for X’s premium service before you can even apply.
This account has been given a grey checkmark, verifying it as an official government account.
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) November 14, 2024
It also only accepts resumes be DM's, which are solely open to verified X users who pay Elon Musk.
This level of corruption is staggering. pic.twitter.com/4Fs5p69UTK

That, and according to Musk: DOGE’s staff won’t get paid.
Indeed, this will be tedious work, make lots of enemies & compensation is zero.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 14, 2024
What a great deal! 😂 https://t.co/16e7EKRS6i
This initiative follows Musk’s reported $100 million effort (plus millions more in X mileage) to help Donald Trump return to the White House. Reports say he’s since participated in the president-elect’s calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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