As Musk prepares to leave the government soon, his inability to completely bend the federal workforce to his will illustrates that his Silicon Valley-inspired “move fast and break things” approach has broken less of the government than he’d hoped. According to a briefing email obtained by the Post, just two days after Musk’s email, OPM sent an email informing federal human resources officers that the initiative was voluntary, that noncompliance would not be considered a resignation and that OPM leaders didn’t plan to do anything with any messages employees did submit. Part of that is that it’s inherently difficult to transform an organization with millions of employees — even more so when the two in charge are a former reality TV star and a billionaire who is a political neophyte.
Author: Zeeshan Aleem
Published at: 2025-04-22 22:47:37
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