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.”

  • ricecake@sh.itjust.works
    481·
    24 hours ago

    Sabatoge can carry extremely harsh legal penalties, particularly if it has any type of lasting impact. Beyond that, just phoning it in and doing a bad job can slow things down but doesn’t actually stop it. If you’re then let go it’s on their pace, it looks worse for you and it’s less noticeable.

    A mass resignation can be the only thing some people can do. It sends a message, it gets noticed outside the organization, and it lets objective news reporting share your motivation, which would normally fall under opinion.
    It also leaves a big gap in the organization that isn’t getting anything done.

    • bufalo1973@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      6 hours ago

      Not if you make an Italian strike. You are following every single step of the process, taking the time needed, all by the book. And when the higher rank says something then everyone working resigns all at once.

      • FauxLiving@lemmy.world
        13·
        12 hours ago

        Guys, dumping tea in the harbor is illegal, just pay your taxes to the crown. It’s just a king, everyone has one

        • RippleEffect@lemm.eeEnglish
          4·
          7 hours ago

          The American revolutionary war was difficult enough with an entire ocean separating us from a king. Now the self appointed king is here.

    • DrFistington@lemmy.world
      211·
      22 hours ago

      Lol getting fired doesn’t look bad. It doesn’t look like anything because you aren’t legally required to tell a future employer if you were fired, and they can’t ask the previous employer

      • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
        2·
        4 hours ago

        I’m pretty sure any future employee that saw you were fired after Trump took power (because you didn’t express loyalty to a fascist) would see this as a good thing.

      • ricecake@sh.itjust.works
        11·
        19 hours ago

        It’s public information if a government employee is terminated, and there’s nothing stopping them from reaching out to the previous employer.

          • ricecake@sh.itjust.works
            6·
            17 hours ago

            And do you think that that prevents them from disclosing that they terminated an employee for unprofessional conduct or unsatisfactory job performance?

            Further, for government employees certain details about their jobs are simply considered matters of public record. It’s not something they divulge, it was simply never private in the first place.