2 days ago · Sources tell WIRED that the OPM’s top layers of management now include individuals linked to xAI, Neuralink, the Boring Company, and Palantir. One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin.

But it makes a pretty good case that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is now basically being run at its highest levels by people installed by and working with Elon Musk.

1 day ago · Musk team’s push to gut federal workforce bypassed key Trump officials Billionaire Elon Musk has worked behind the scenes on an initiative aimed at depleting the civil service, prompting ...

1 day ago · Elon Musk had arrived at the Office of Personnel Management, a mundane-sounding agency with vast power overseeing the federal civilian work force.

1 day ago · A handful of new employees at the Office of Personnel Management all reportedly have past connections with billionaire Elon Musk. Citing sources within the federal government, WIRED reports that some former employees of Neuralink, Tesla, and xAI (all companies owned by Musk) have taken on high-ranking positions at the OPM, the federal government’s version …

3 days ago · Amanda Scales, a former employee of Elon Musk’s AI company, was recently tapped to be the chief of staff at OPM.

1 day ago · After the Trump administration offered two million government employees buyouts on Tuesday, DOGE head Elon Musk joked about the offer, leaving some employees dismayed.

1 day ago · The federal government’s most important hiring office is now overrun with Elon Musk’s underqualified stooges. Wired reported on Tuesday that the highest positions at the Office of Personnel ...

2 days ago · Federal employees sue OPM over new email system, citing privacy concerns and potential misuse of information by former Elon Musk staffer at the agency.

1 day ago · In November 2022, days after Elon Musk took control of the company then called Twitter, employees received an email with the subject line: “A fork in the road.” Now he’s turned his attention ...