Sahil Lavingia, working under Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at the VA, discovered that government employees are highly motivated and mission-focused. Contrary to expectations, he found a workforce deeply committed to their roles rather than apathetic bureaucrats. Lavingia's experience challenges the perception of inefficiency in government, revealing a culture of dedication that complicates DOGE's agenda for cutting costs and streamlining operations. This journey, including his previous attempts to join the United States Digital Service, highlights his initial assumptions about government work versus the reality he encountered.
In a sense, that makes the DOGE agenda a little bit more complicated, because if half the government took [the agency's buyout offers], then we wouldn't have to do much more.
When I arrived, I was met not with bored bureaucrats lazily collecting cushy government paychecks, but with mission-driven workers who love their jobs.
Collection
[
|
...
]