DOGE workers 'shacking up' in federal buildings with sleep pods — some with family: report

Elon Musk has introduced his brand of hard work to Washington, D.C. — including office "sleep pods" to save time and maximize workload.

Musk's Silicon Valley friends may be used to the 24/7 work philosophy, but some federal workers — who are used to rigid procedures — find it unnerving.

According to Fortune, Musk "claimed to be sleeping in the DOGE office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, replicating a habit from as early as 2018, when he slept at his Tesla factory—and encouraged employees to do the same—in order to meet tight deadlines."

The Daily Beast reported, "He and his team even received a shipment of “sleep pods” to the DOGE HQ this week."

One federal worker who spoke on condition of anonymity at a recent town hall event in Virginia claimed, “One of Musk’s top lieutenants and wife and young child have shacked up on the sixth floor of our agency and are living there." He added that his agency's hallway has been "blocked off with a special access list.”

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The town hall that attracted about 300 people was hosted by Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), reported The Loudon Times Mirror. "Many speakers were federal workers, retired federal workers or federal contractors," who had plenty to say about working under Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, the paper reported.

According to The Daily Beast, "The mystery man, who conceded he was 'nervous' to address the town hall, said he learned that Musk hopes to cut his agency’s budget in half and reduce its workforce. There have been rumors of cuts of that magnitude at the General Services Administration and Office of Personnel Management, but the Daily Beast could not immediately confirm where the man works or if his claims are true."

“In the last week, we had Elon Musk in our building, and after he visited the building, called for a 50% cut of the entire agency,” the man said, according to The Daily Beast. “My colleagues are getting 15-minute one-on-one check-ins with 19, 20, and 21-year-old college graduates asking to justify their existence.”

In addition, "The man claimed agency supervisors have been handed a 'justification form' and were ordered to 'not to tell their staff anything' about what is going on behind the scenes."

Read The Daily Beast article here.