“No Place to Hide” – Joe Rogan’s Guest Makes Stunning Admission on Elon Musk’s Efficiency’s Impact on D.O.G.E.

Remember how, when Elon Musk took over Twitter in 2022, a series of mass firings followed? While that did lead to X facing network failures and an advertiser boycott, it proved one thing the businessman believed: the company could operate with a significantly smaller workforce. Now, what if this happened again? But instead of at a social media company, Musk would do it in the US government. Well, that seems to be the plan…

When President-elect Donald Trump named Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy the heads of the future Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E), he proposed a 30% reduction in government spending. Achieving this would potentially involve laying off half of the 2.3 million federal workforce. What did Musk do in preparation for the role? “I rewatched Office Space tonight for the 5th time to prepare for @DOGE!”

Office Space is a 1999 satirical comedy film that humorously addressed bureaucratic inefficiencies. So, could the billionaire’s post suggest a parallel between corporate and government bureaucracy, doubling down on Trump’s proposal to cut down on government spending by firing employees to improve federal operations? Well, Elon Musk could’ve very well been suggesting exactly this. But let’s go back to 2022. When he fired Twitter employees, it led many to believe that the $314 billion rich businessman was a bad boss. But a guest on the Joe Rogan Experience begged to differ.

In the November 27 episode of JRE, entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer Marc Andreessen revealed an anecdote about Musk that would make every hater think otherwise. Talking to Joe Rogan about the government and Elon Musk, Andreessen revealed the story shared by an xAI employee online where he talked about the personal bond and vision, individual growth and efficiency that Musk looks for in his employees. And how did he do it? By spending 18 hours having personal one-on-ones with them.

He said, “Elon spent 18 hours at the office in 5-minute chunks. Every five minutes, each person had a speaking slot to explain to Elon what they were doing. And he did that for 18 hours. Think about what that meant: every employee had an opportunity to tell the big boss what they were working on. Every employee had an opportunity to be recognized for their effort and get live feedback from the big boss, who had a comprehensive overview of everything as to what they should be doing. And there’s no place to hide.

“Think about how different it is for a company to be run that way.” This revelation on JRE #2234 truly shocked Joe Rogan, who was stunned by the effort Musk took to make sure that each one of his employees was working hard and making individual growth in their lives. Not only that, the Tesla CEO is fixated on efficiency. And now, he wants the government employees to have a similar zeal and efficiency when serving the public.

Andreessen even revealed a story from 2022 when Elon Musk showed this very intent. “There was this moment during the Twitter takeover. Elon sent this email, and the line is, ‘What did you get done this week?’ In the context of Silicon Valley companies, that was a provocative statement because lots of SV companies take months or years to do anything. But imagine that statement being applied to the government.

“There’s no reason it can’t be done, no law that prevents that. How the government is run is a choice.” As a result, he and Donald Trump have some major plans ahead that include a massive reduction of the workforce.

Elon Musk’s vision for government workings

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the heads of the future Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E), which currently exists only virtually, intend to remove federal regulations one by one and lay off officials in large numbers. In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, the billionaire outlined intentions to lower the total size of the government and save expenditures. One part of that strategy was requiring all federal employees to return to the office and removing the option to work from home. But why?

Although they want to cut the number of officials aggressively, they hope that many of them will simply resign if they are made to go to the office. He wrote, “Requiring federal employees to come to the office five days a week would result in a wave of voluntary terminations that we welcome: If federal employees don’t want to show up, American taxpayers shouldn’t pay them for the COVID-era privilege of staying home.”

The tech billionaire has been against remote working for years. At X, he demanded that employees report to the office. Two years ago, his position on the matter became known at Tesla, as he revealed that he was fine with employees connecting to continue working remotely from home, but only if they had previously stayed in the office full time.

Musk stated that anyone who wants to work remotely must be in the office a minimum of 40 hours a week or leave Tesla. This is less than what he asked of the factory workers. Well, it surely looks like the Tesla CEO is all about productivity. But what do you think? Do you agree with his methods? Let us know in the comments.