21 DOGE Staffers Resign as They Refuse to 'Dismantle Critical Public Services'
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"We will not use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize Americans’ sensitive data," they wrote

Summary

Twenty-one staffers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) resigned, citing ethical concerns over dismantling public services and compromising sensitive data.

Formerly part of the U.S. Digital Service, they criticized Musk and Trump’s overhaul, which included layoffs and politically charged interviews.

Their letter warned that removing skilled technologists endangers essential services like Social Security and veterans’ benefits.

The resignations add to growing concerns over Musk’s aggressive federal cuts, amplified by his recent CPAC speech where he symbolically wielded a chainsaw against “bureaucracy.”

  • Nougat@fedia.io
    124·
    1 day ago

    Different people are able to take on different levels of risk.

    Just because these people resigned doesn’t mean that some other people aren’t staying in for the purposes of being subversive, and you shouldn’t ever hear about the latter.

    • leisesprecher@feddit.org
      85·
      14 hours ago

      That’s the thing, though. They’re not really taking risks.

      Much of what DOGE does is completely illegal and does not go through the proper channels and processes. By simply doing their jobs and forcing everything through the proper processes, they can slow down everything, maybe even to a halt, while being completely in the right and thus can’t be fired.

      Yes, it takes a mental toll, but these guys have a responsibility.

      • Artyom@lemm.ee
        73·
        7 hours ago

        They’re unemployed government workers, there are less government jobs now than ever, and their resume literally says DOGE on it. They are taking a risk.

        • leisesprecher@feddit.org
          53·
          7 hours ago

          No. They resigned from a job. They were not fired. And as long as they don’t break any rules, it’s hard to fire them.

          • Artyom@lemm.ee
            43·
            7 hours ago

            I never said they were fired, but since you brought it up, when you’re fired, you’ll usually get a severance to help during the job search, they won’t, they’re just unemployed.

            • leisesprecher@feddit.org
              42·
              6 hours ago

              … because they resigned. Seriously, what’s your point?

              If they wouldn’t have resigned, they would still have a job. And since they couldn’t have been fired easily, they would have continued to have a job for quite a while.

              That’s not a complex concept, what’s so hard to understand about that?