Employee on what was east on Friday United state digital service And now part Elon MuskDog's initiative met with Stephanie Homes, who recognized himself as a part of the Dogi team and as the new HR representative of the employees.
During the meeting, which started in Noon ET, dozens of USDS employees advocated questions in Holmes related to last week “fork in the road” Email offering federal workers have been “postponed”, which details the meeting obtained by Wired and confirmed by sources in appearance. From the future of staff projects, issues of questions have been covered whether the return-to-office mandate will be fully applicable to remote workers, as well as the exact nature of the federal government offering employees to create employees.
Holmes – Those who did not immediately respond to the request for comment – only a few questions can answer. He said, when asked that the proposal was “valid”, and later said, “We believe the proposal is valid,” and may provide a little extra guidance beyond this. At one point, he was asked if the subject would be a more formal way to accept the purchase than responding to an email with the word “resignation” in the line. An employee expressed concern that outside actors could spoil their email address and send resignation emails from the employees.
An employee said, “I think, if people decide to go through deferred resignations, there is some kind of real agreement we sign,” an employee said. “Can we receive a copy of that prematurely to preview? Can we get a copy of the agreement when there is an agreement? ,
“I don't know,” Holmes replied. “But he will have a circle back.”
To accept this deal, there is confusion as the deadline of 6 February for federal workers. In email – which was Similar to a musk sent to Twitter employees in 2022– The sender, identified as the Personnel Management Office (OPM), suggests that workers who choose not to resign, they may still lose their jobs under the line. Holmes was asked if he could be committed to a specific time to provide a DOGE workforce with additional details on the delegates of the deferred resignation.
“No,” Holmes said. “You know, I think the information you have about this is available for you right now, and again, you just have to make a personal decision based on the information that is available to you right now.”
The same employee replied, replying, “I apologize for intervention, but there are many things that have brought out this room which are contradictory or challenging to understand … I am just thinking that you Unable to provide those nuances now. “
“Yes, I appreciate your question and I do not mean to be repetitive or to be logical in any way, but again, I will encourage you not to lose a big picture's vision here,” Holmes says . “The advantage of accepting the deferred resignation is that you will be guaranteed not to be subject to lack of force and you are free from office mandate from returns. So I will encourage you to focus on generous aspects of the proposal. ,
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On his first day in office, President Donald Trump Signed an executive order for establishing the Department of Government Efficiency DepartmentOr Dogi, by reorganizing the US digital services, an existing unit was placed as the US Dogi service, within the President's Executive Office. Trump appointed Elon Musk as the head of Dogi, who would take a lot of length to cut spending in government agencies. As publication, Faces at least three cases To challenge your designation as a federal agency.
While Musk has installed lieutenants at its top levels and is now using it as a lever to control the federal government, before the recent working order, the US digital service was relatively a relatively a relatively. Small agency With around 200 employees. Its mandate was to help unbearable technology across the government, which had the ability to enter government agencies and reach their software and technical systems.