It is the classic silicone-valley mentality: absolute time commitment, the work is provided. Bosses sleep under the table in their office to motivate their employees, and they too should be best around the clock in the company. To continue to tinker with the great ideas.
This mentality now reaches US administration. According to media reports, employees of the Doge, the department for government efficiency led by Elon Musk, are increasingly involved in administration for sleeping. US President Donald Trump founded Doge on his first working day by decree.
According to a report by the US news portal “Politico”, employees on the sixth floor of the General Services Administration (GSA) in the city center of Washington DC have set up at least four separate rooms for sleeping: with beds, lamps and chests of drawers from Ikea. In addition, a washing machine and a dryer are said to have been ordered. There should also be a play area for children with plush animals and toys. According to the employees who spoke to “Politico”, these rooms should only be accessible with a high -security release. How the rooms are used and how long they have been prepared is unclear.
Sleeping is prohibited in the authorities’ offices
Ethics experts criticize that these measures could violate applicable rules. In an announcement by the GSA 2019, it says that sleeping in the authority’s offices is prohibited, “unless an official of the authority has expressly approved this”.
According to a spokesman for the GSA, government employees “incredibly hard and long to reduce the state deficit and to ensure an effective government”. And further: “All purchases that the agency made followed all corresponding laws and regulations.” Accordingly, the sleeping of employees in the building was explicitly allowed.
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Musk has long made friends with the idea of sleeping at work and even living in his workplace. At an investment conference in New York, he said last year that the Tesla factory in Nevada had been its main residence for several years.