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groundloop

(12,260 posts)
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 05:46 PM Thursday

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

TheFarseer

(9,494 posts)
82. Ding ding ding, we have a Winner!
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 03:10 PM
Friday

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

Escurumbele

(3,612 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
Friday

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

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

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

(9,535 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
Thursday

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

The_REAL_Ecumenist

(874 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
Thursday

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

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

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

(6,491 posts)
30. I wouldn't work for those fucking NAZI ASSHOLES for $2MIL A DAY!!!!!
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 08:59 PM
Thursday

or $2 MILLION A MINUTE.

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

Bernardo de La Paz

(50,893 posts)
7. High IQ is not equivalent to wisdom
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 05:59 PM
Thursday

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

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

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

(40,083 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
Thursday

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

TBF

(34,278 posts)
11. lol - guess he finally figured out he's not getting paid so
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 06:25 PM
Thursday

he's trying to recruit somebody else to do it

Bengus81

(7,367 posts)
13. People need a high IQ to understand what Eloon wants for America??
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 06:33 PM
Thursday

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
Thursday

to fund his imaginary "department."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

JoseBalow

(5,138 posts)
17. The irony is that only an IDIOT would work 80 hrs/wk for free
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 07:05 PM
Thursday

Dude is literally a caricature of himself

JT45242

(2,886 posts)
18. As a high IQ former teacher 80 hours of work for little pay was typical
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 07:11 PM
Thursday

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

(119,875 posts)
43. Difference is, you were working in a necessary, honourable, necessary,
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 12:03 AM
Friday

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

DBoon

(23,052 posts)
19. Sounds like working for Elon' s family emerald mine
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 07:19 PM
Thursday

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

LetMyPeopleVote

(154,421 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
Thursday

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

(2,804 posts)
21. This is typical bs that social media companies tell the entertainers under contract.
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 07:52 PM
Thursday

That they'll get exposure.

Aussie105

(6,254 posts)
23. I always thought Musk was a bit strange.
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 08:34 PM
Thursday

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

(119,875 posts)
44. And ending subsidues for the most profitable industries in the world, ie..,
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 12:07 AM
Friday

the extraction industries.

Response to Aussie105 (Reply #23)

orwell

(7,955 posts)
26. Why can't Grok do it?
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 08:42 PM
Thursday

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

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

LatteLady

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

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

(6,254 posts)
28. Revolutionaries?
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 08:49 PM
Thursday

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

(6,254 posts)
40. Can I work remotely for Musk?
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 10:31 PM
Thursday

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

(18,768 posts)
42. Anyone that rates themself as High IQ is going to be a low IQ buffoon.
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 11:03 PM
Thursday

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

jfz9580m

(15,487 posts)
47. Well-it is clear that dark humor is how I will cope
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 01:07 AM
Friday

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

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

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

generalbetrayus

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

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

jmbar2

(6,088 posts)
61. All the big consulting firms have Change Management practices
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 06:32 AM
Friday

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

(51,438 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
Friday

"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

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

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

4catsmom

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

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

OnionPatch

(6,217 posts)
72. When are the intelligent people on OUR side
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 09:17 AM
Friday

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.

(7,506 posts)
75. That clown thinks underlings will work 80hrs/wk for free while
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 11:45 AM
Friday

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

republianmushroom

(17,612 posts)
79. Well this way they will know up front they are not going to get paid.
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 12:42 PM
Friday

The convicted felon won't have to stiff them.

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