Billionaire Elon Musk wants ‘high-IQ’ task force workers, but the pay is zero

globalnews.ca:

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and now tasked with helping Donald Trump’s administration slash government spending, is asking super smart people to come work for him — but only if they can afford to work for free.Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who were named to lead of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the incoming Donald Trump administration, put out a call for volunteers on Musk’s X platform this week, using the official DOGE account to ask for “super high-IQ small government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting.”We are very grateful to the thousands of Americans who have expressed interest in helping us at DOGE. We don’t need more part-time idea generators.

We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting. If that’s…— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) November 14, 2024The statement thanked the “thousands of Americans” who have already expressed an interest in joining DOGE.

It continued by asking those who resonate with the job description to send the X account a direct message with their resume, and promised that “Elon & Vivek will review the top 1% of applicants.”Musk followed up the post, using his own personal account, to confirm that the position “will be tedious work, make lots of enemies & compensation is zero.”Indeed, this will be tedious work, make lots of enemies & compensation is zero. What a great deal!