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There was a block resignation in the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) of Elon Musk, which is implementing hard cuts in the US civil service. 21 employees went out in protest.
The collective dismissal of these 21 employees took place on Tuesday, February 25. The exits represent about one third of the doge staffwhose main function is to cut into the public expenses of the Federal Administration.
“We will not use our abilities as technicians to compromise the main government systems, to endanger confidential data from Americans, or dismantle essential public services“The 21 workers in the dismissal letter that is cited by.
“We will not lend our experience to execute or legitimize the actions of,“ they also point out.
These employees started working with the musk team about ten days ago. They were allocated to the US Digital Service (USDS), before they were integrated into Doge when it was created with the new Trump administration.
The USDS aimed to improve US government digital services, and has existed since 2014.
“We made a Oath to serve the American people And to keep our oath in all administrations, ”but“ it has become clear that we can no longer honor these commitments, ”says the dismissal officials.
Musk devalues layoffs and says they were “democratic politicians”
He has already talked about these layoffs on his social network, the X, former Twitter, claiming that the 21 employees were “Democratic politicians who refused to return to office“As mentioned in ABC News.
“They would have been fired if they had not resigned,” he said.
In Doge, Musk has a Faithful Employee Groupsome of which came from their companies, including young people just left the secondary, or the university.
The multimillionaire is the, and the White House does not reveal who, effectively, this department, insisting that it is not musk and that this has a Statute of “special employee” in Trump’s administration.
Chaotic transition
In the dismissal letter, the 21 employees also talk about a chaotic transitionciting concrete dates.
Thus, they describe that one day after Trump’s inauguration, last January 21, there was “Fifteen minutes interviews with individuals who wore visitors from the White House. ”
“Several refused to identify themselvesquestioned us about political loyaltiesThey tried to put us against each other, and demonstrated their limited technical abilities, ”they stress.
Then, on February 14, “a third [da equipa] was fired in a discretionary manner, through a anonymous email“They also claim.
These exits included “highly qualified civil servants who worked to modernize ”Social Security and Medical Assistance, response to disasters, help to students and tax reduction.
“Its removal puts millions of Americans who depend on these services every day at risk“, Warn it.
“Doge’s actions – dismiss technical experts, deal incorrectly with confidential data and break critical systems – contradict your mission Declared to ‘modernize federal technology and software to maximize government efficiency and productivity’, ”says the letter from dismissal officials.
