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groundloop

(12,386 posts)
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 05:46 PM Nov 14

Musk asks 'high-IQ revolutionaries' to work for no pay on new Trump project

Source: The Guardian

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are asking Americans who are “high-IQ small-government revolutionaries” and willing to work over 80 hours a week to join their new Department of Government Efficiency – at zero pay.

In a new X post on Thursday that doubled as a job announcement and another one of Musk’s trolling attempts, the account for the newly formed Doge wrote: “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.”

The name of the department, which is not part of the federal government, harkens back to a meme of an expressive shiba inu dog.

“If that’s you, DM this account with your CV. Elon & Vivek will review the top 1% of applicants,” the statement added.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/14/elon-musk-trump

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Musk asks 'high-IQ revolutionaries' to work for no pay on new Trump project (Original Post) groundloop Nov 14 OP
People with high IQs aren't going to work for a billionaire for free. Ocelot II Nov 14 #1
It'll be rich MAGATs who want to set policy for their own personal gain groundloop Nov 14 #10
Ding ding ding, we have a Winner! TheFarseer Nov 15 #82
"Department of Government Efficiency"...What a sarcastic name for a department, I read the name of it Escurumbele Nov 15 #58
They're so efficient that they need two people to head it up. cloudbase Nov 15 #65
That's okay Linda ladeewolf Nov 15 #81
It seems he's figured out there's no budget for the new department.😂 Phoenix61 Nov 14 #2
No there's no authority for it. Not to mention formally hiring a federal employee requires background okaawhatever Nov 14 #36
Get people to work for no pay? Well, that is how billionaires become billionaires. ck4829 Nov 14 #3
No pension is the big things LiberalArkie Nov 15 #56
WAIT, WUT?!! Is Musty high from his & his drug buddies' stash? Just my humble opinion, IF they actually have HIGH IQ, The_REAL_Ecumenist Nov 14 #4
I'm looking for dim witted, drug addled billionaires to give me money for nothing. Any takers? Midnight Writer Nov 14 #5
Okay you made me laugh jfz9580m Nov 15 #46
For $2 million a year, maybe The Madcap Nov 14 #6
I wouldn't work for those fucking NAZI ASSHOLES for $2MIL A DAY!!!!! AZ8theist Nov 14 #30
Ok. I will The Madcap Nov 14 #31
High IQ is not equivalent to wisdom Bernardo de La Paz Nov 14 #7
Old and Wise Hippasus Nov 15 #57
Beautiful and sad...thank you for posting, always liked Alan Parsons Project Escurumbele Nov 15 #59
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 15 #73
Welcome to DU Hippasus. . . . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 15 #60
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 15 #74
Eye-roll Ndp5 Nov 14 #8
Sure, it you and Vivek are going to be in the office with me for the entire 80 hours. keithbvadu2 Nov 14 #9
lol - guess he finally figured out he's not getting paid so TBF Nov 14 #11
What a contradiction of characterisitcs Marthe48 Nov 14 #12
People need a high IQ to understand what Eloon wants for America?? Bengus81 Nov 14 #13
Anyone with a high IQ isn't going to work 80 hours a week with no pay. Autumn Nov 14 #14
Cheap asshole isn't even willing to use his own money geniph Nov 14 #15
Anyone willing to do this job Yavin4 Nov 14 #16
The irony is that only an IDIOT would work 80 hrs/wk for free JoseBalow Nov 14 #17
As a high IQ former teacher 80 hours of work for little pay was typical JT45242 Nov 14 #18
Difference is, you were working in a necessary, honourable, necessary, niyad Nov 15 #43
"apartheid Clyde and his clown car companion" Skittles Nov 15 #53
Sounds like working for Elon' s family emerald mine DBoon Nov 14 #19
They do know the formula. Kid Berwyn Nov 15 #68
Leon has to ask people to work for no pay because trump appointed musk to a non-existent agency with no budget LetMyPeopleVote Nov 14 #20
Talk about a genius. Dave Bowman Nov 15 #51
This is typical bs that social media companies tell the entertainers under contract. Crowman2009 Nov 14 #21
to be considered you have to let Elon put his chip in your brain n/t PedroXimenez Nov 14 #22
I always thought Musk was a bit strange. Aussie105 Nov 14 #23
And ending subsidues for the most profitable industries in the world, ie.., niyad Nov 15 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Nov 15 #54
when Musk promises "economic pain" Skittles Nov 15 #55
Man Baby xuplate Nov 14 #24
Lmfao 😆😆😆 FirstLight Nov 14 #25
Why can't Grok do it? orwell Nov 14 #26
Pause and briefly think LatteLady Nov 14 #27
Revolutionaries? Aussie105 Nov 14 #28
Im sure Ted Nugent, Kid Rock, Hulk Hogan and Chaci will be all over that.. CentralMass Nov 14 #29
Hulk has the IQ of a sand crab. He can't qualify. oasis Nov 15 #48
He's still smarter than Trump jmowreader Nov 15 #62
Welp... Trump did imply he wanted to return to 1798 Montauk6 Nov 14 #32
For a smart man, he is astonishingly stupid. Borogove Nov 14 #33
Sorry muskrat. All the smart people johnnyfins Nov 14 #34
Trump's people emphasize High portion while ignoring the IQ portion Kennah Nov 14 #35
So does that mean businesses will sponsor employees to represent their interests? imaginary girl Nov 14 #37
He's just collecting resumes from people who are tech-smart but people-stupid. Intractable Nov 14 #38
People with real high IQ are not susceptible to flattery. nt Xipe Totec Nov 14 #39
Can I work remotely for Musk? Aussie105 Nov 14 #40
And by 'high-IQ revolutionaries', he means gullible idiots. canuckledragger Nov 14 #41
Anyone that rates themself as High IQ is going to be a low IQ buffoon. Kablooie Nov 14 #42
this is an attempt to get around background checks Skittles Nov 15 #45
Well-it is clear that dark humor is how I will cope jfz9580m Nov 15 #47
I sure hope we have these kinds of strategy sessions oldmanlynn Nov 15 #49
"high-IQ small-government revolutionaries" generalbetrayus Nov 15 #50
Biggest f-ing laugh I've had in days! pat_k Nov 15 #52
All the big consulting firms have Change Management practices jmbar2 Nov 15 #61
Mr. Musk, I know how to save $175 million over four years and I can do it in a week! jmowreader Nov 15 #63
he'll give away a million dollars to buy votes barbtries Nov 15 #64
He did, however, specify "Must be high school graduate." japple Nov 15 #66
Only white men of the correct ideology need apply Blue_Tires Nov 15 #67
richest guy on the planet 4catsmom Nov 15 #69
on brand 4catsmom Nov 15 #70
So only rich idiots need apply. Got it eloon. travelingthrulife Nov 15 #71
When are the intelligent people on OUR side OnionPatch Nov 15 #72
That clown thinks underlings will work 80hrs/wk for free while Justice matters. Nov 15 #75
Demanding 80 hours and no less is an insult to anyone's intelligence and shows that Musk is a dick. Doodley Nov 15 #76
There seems to be a disconnect between "high IQ" and "work for no pay." Martin68 Nov 15 #77
no pay. stillcool Nov 15 #78
Well this way they will know up front they are not going to get paid. republianmushroom Nov 15 #79
Let him donate good salaries wryter2000 Nov 15 #80
"Project to rob America blind" struggle4progress Nov 15 #83
Can we put a wall around Muskrat, Cask of Amontillado-style? sakabatou Nov 15 #84
"You can't be surprised that the white African guy's first idea is slavery." LetMyPeopleVote Nov 17 #85

TheFarseer

(9,522 posts)
82. Ding ding ding, we have a Winner!
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 03:10 PM
Nov 15

The 80 hours per week is going to include a lot of things that won’t look like work to non-billionaires.

Escurumbele

(3,649 posts)
58. "Department of Government Efficiency"...What a sarcastic name for a department, I read the name of it
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 06:20 AM
Nov 15

and thoughts of George Orwell's "1984" came to mind immediately.

"Efficiency" by republicans? It has to be doublespeak. Or maybe they want to efficiently rip the country apart? Which is something evil people do. Its not that they are incompetent, they are just very competent at evil.

Linda ladeewolf

(493 posts)
81. That's okay
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 02:17 PM
Nov 15

Musk will have the really stupid ones convinced they are real geniuses in no time! Then they’ll go around telling everyone how smart they are just like trump and musk.

okaawhatever

(9,550 posts)
36. No there's no authority for it. Not to mention formally hiring a federal employee requires background
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 09:44 PM
Nov 14

checks, then a bunch of laws would pertain to them as federal employees.

The_REAL_Ecumenist

(889 posts)
4. WAIT, WUT?!! Is Musty high from his & his drug buddies' stash? Just my humble opinion, IF they actually have HIGH IQ,
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 05:54 PM
Nov 14

they'd have to be HIGH AF, CRAZY AF & or find themselves the happy & lucky owners of IQs in the LOW single digits...

The Madcap

(596 posts)
6. For $2 million a year, maybe
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 05:59 PM
Nov 14

I'll pretend to work for those fools, but I'm definitely not giving away 80 hours a week for free to work to destroy America. Not a chance.

AZ8theist

(6,555 posts)
30. I wouldn't work for those fucking NAZI ASSHOLES for $2MIL A DAY!!!!!
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 08:59 PM
Nov 14

or $2 MILLION A MINUTE.

I'm not that much of a jerk-off. THEY ARE.

Bernardo de La Paz

(51,275 posts)
7. High IQ is not equivalent to wisdom
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 05:59 PM
Nov 14

Most people with high IQ know that IQ is a broken concept. Most intelligent people know that simply saying "intelligent people" is more on point than "high-IQ people".

Most intelligent people are too smart to work for zero pay.

I suspect that of people willing to work for the richest man for zero pay, ... I suspect more of them are trust fund babies than highly intelligent people.

Response to Escurumbele (Reply #59)

Response to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #60)

Ndp5

(94 posts)
8. Eye-roll
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 06:05 PM
Nov 14

No one with a high IQ wants to join that administration, much less for free. Musk is selling aspirational nonsense to people who
hope to become rich by osmosis. As if Musk and his ilk got obscenely wealthy by toiling 80 hours a week for free.

Keep smoking that stuff, Elon.

keithbvadu2

(40,522 posts)
9. Sure, it you and Vivek are going to be in the office with me for the entire 80 hours.
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 06:17 PM
Nov 14

You're willing to do what you ask of others. Right?

TBF

(34,754 posts)
11. lol - guess he finally figured out he's not getting paid so
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 06:25 PM
Nov 14

he's trying to recruit somebody else to do it

Bengus81

(7,497 posts)
13. People need a high IQ to understand what Eloon wants for America??
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 06:33 PM
Nov 14

He just wants all programs ended that people who aren't rich want and need to survive and that CASH stuffed into his and other billionaires bank accounts.

See how simple the concept is? Even a caveman could figure it out.

geniph

(12,599 posts)
15. Cheap asshole isn't even willing to use his own money
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 06:51 PM
Nov 14

to fund his imaginary "department."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

JoseBalow

(5,655 posts)
17. The irony is that only an IDIOT would work 80 hrs/wk for free
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 07:05 PM
Nov 14

Dude is literally a caricature of himself

JT45242

(2,995 posts)
18. As a high IQ former teacher 80 hours of work for little pay was typical
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 07:11 PM
Nov 14

But little pay is more than no pay.

But the poor pay kept all the other national merit scholars that I went to school with to stay away.

But, no way in hell would I work for apartheid Clyde and his clown car companion for free.

niyad

(120,684 posts)
43. Difference is, you were working in a necessary, honourable, necessary,
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 12:03 AM
Nov 15

profession, of which at least one of the assumed goals was education for a better life.

DBoon

(23,173 posts)
19. Sounds like working for Elon' s family emerald mine
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 07:19 PM
Nov 14

You can eliminate apartheid, but you can't get the apartheid mentality out of wealthy South African whitrs

LetMyPeopleVote

(155,550 posts)
20. Leon has to ask people to work for no pay because trump appointed musk to a non-existent agency with no budget
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 07:31 PM
Nov 14

trump is playing musk for a fool




Who is gonna tell them ?

Donald Trump has appointed Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to a non-existent cabinet position. They are both appointed to head up the DOGE. The DOGE is supposedly the Dept. Of Government Efficiency but in reality it does not exist. There are no employees and Musk and Ramaswamy have no power all.
Did Trump pull a fast one on Musk and Ramaswamy? It sure looks like it. Appointed to a non existent pseudo cabinet position means zilch. Wonder how long it will take for Musk and Ramaswamy to realize they ,like millions of Trump voters have been duped by Donald Trump ?

Crowman2009

(2,847 posts)
21. This is typical bs that social media companies tell the entertainers under contract.
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 07:52 PM
Nov 14

That they'll get exposure.

Aussie105

(6,477 posts)
23. I always thought Musk was a bit strange.
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 08:34 PM
Nov 14

But this is beyond strange, beyond weird!

I'm sure both will sit in an office somewhere and wait for the applications to stream in.
No intelligent person would work an 80 hour week, even if it paid well.
They know what a 16 hour work day would do to their intelligence!

Going to be a quiet time for those two.
Musty and Swammy - what a team!

Shouldn't be too hard to pick the top 1%, 1% of zero is still zero.

May I suggest that the 'efficiency' moniker is really just looking for cost cutting, and they could start by cutting politicians' wages and defunding Musk's government contracts?



niyad

(120,684 posts)
44. And ending subsidues for the most profitable industries in the world, ie..,
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 12:07 AM
Nov 15

the extraction industries.

Response to Aussie105 (Reply #23)

orwell

(8,002 posts)
26. Why can't Grok do it?
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 08:42 PM
Nov 14

I thought X/Grok was the greatest AI revolution on the planet!

what...Eloon said that...oh...nevermind...

LatteLady

(49 posts)
27. Pause and briefly think
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 08:43 PM
Nov 14

How intelligent is someone who will work 80 hours a week for no pay and no benefits for a billionaire who could pay you well if he wanted?

Aussie105

(6,477 posts)
28. Revolutionaries?
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 08:49 PM
Nov 14

I have a different word for people who would want to look for cost savings in the government and will do that for 80 hours a week for no pay.



Aussie105

(6,477 posts)
40. Can I work remotely for Musk?
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 10:31 PM
Nov 14

Dear Musk!
I will work for you.
But I will need to be paid, and work a 4 hour day.
100 Krugerrands delivered before I start working.
Now, what are the details of the job?
I have some cost cutting ideas, like stop funding overseas wars, defunding private space exploration, stuff like that!

Waiting in anticipation!
Alfred E Neuman


Kablooie

(18,794 posts)
42. Anyone that rates themself as High IQ is going to be a low IQ buffoon.
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 11:03 PM
Nov 14

As Trump illustrates.
Real high IQ people use their IQ and don't need to flaunt it.

Skittles

(160,331 posts)
45. this is an attempt to get around background checks
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 12:55 AM
Nov 15

what fucking reputable person would do this?

jfz9580m

(15,584 posts)
47. Well-it is clear that dark humor is how I will cope
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 01:07 AM
Nov 15

Last edited Fri Nov 15, 2024, 05:53 AM - Edit history (1)

For the next four years.
Oh Well! (Hat tip to hatrack)

Anyway wtf happened to Vance?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/09/elon-musk-trump-administration

Not that I am complaining! Thank god he is silent. I hope he stays that way.

oldmanlynn

(512 posts)
49. I sure hope we have these kinds of strategy sessions
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 01:43 AM
Nov 15

Why not meet and discuss how your going to blow up the us government and Change the treasury to the RNC Bank.

generalbetrayus

(668 posts)
50. "high-IQ small-government revolutionaries"
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 01:46 AM
Nov 15

is the best new oxymoron I've heard in a long time. Emphasis on the "moron" part.

jmbar2

(6,239 posts)
61. All the big consulting firms have Change Management practices
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 06:32 AM
Nov 15

They get paid out the wazoo on multiyear contracts to map out how to make major changes in organizations. It's very complex.

Elon is asking people off the street to do brain surgery for free. What could go wrong?

jmowreader

(51,608 posts)
63. Mr. Musk, I know how to save $175 million over four years and I can do it in a week!
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 06:45 AM
Nov 15

"And how would you do that?" he asks.

"It's very simple: We impeach Trump for attempting to create a government agency without the approval of Congress, impeach everyone in his Cabinet for not trying to stop him, and keep on impeaching people until we get down to the first Democrat on the list. Then we make that person president and call it good."

Seriously though, are we really supposed to take advice on efficiency from an asshole who blew up a $50 million experimental rocket and destroyed his launch pad because he was too cheap to spray enough water under the rocket before he fired it?

4catsmom

(291 posts)
69. richest guy on the planet
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 09:01 AM
Nov 15

telling others to work for free and for Americans to 'get ready for some belt tightening' is SO spot on Republican

4catsmom

(291 posts)
70. on brand
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 09:02 AM
Nov 15

telling others to work for free and for Americans to 'get ready for some belt tightening' is SO spot on Republican

OnionPatch

(6,238 posts)
72. When are the intelligent people on OUR side
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 09:17 AM
Nov 15

Going to join together and figure out how to stop these nutjobs? That's what I'd really like to see. I know we have more brains on our side.

Justice matters.

(7,592 posts)
75. That clown thinks underlings will work 80hrs/wk for free while
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 11:45 AM
Nov 15

he earns ten billions in one day doing nothing (posting lies and extreme right wing propaganda on x is not working).

Doodley

(10,452 posts)
76. Demanding 80 hours and no less is an insult to anyone's intelligence and shows that Musk is a dick.
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 12:01 PM
Nov 15

republianmushroom

(18,179 posts)
79. Well this way they will know up front they are not going to get paid.
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 12:42 PM
Nov 15

The convicted felon won't have to stiff them.

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