Ikea beds? Dressers? Inside the ‘exceedingly odd’ DOGE office setup.

By Hannah Northey, Danny Nguyen | 03/07/2025 12:14 PM EST

Details of the arrangements at the General Services Administration offer a window into the lifestyle of DOGE workers.

A photo illustration of Elon Musk, GSA headquarters, mirror, bed, hamper and TV.

Illustration by Erin Aulov/POLITICO (source images via AP)

As so-called Department of Government Efficiency staffers dismantle the federal workforce, they’re following Elon Musk’s ethos of moving fast and breaking things. But even DOGE workers need to slow down and sleep — and they’re increasingly doing so in a federal office building, an arrangement that ethics experts said could break longstanding agency rules.

At the General Services Administration’s towering federal office building in downtown Washington, workers have set up at least four separate rooms on the 6th floor for sleeping, complete with beds from Ikea, lamps and dressers, according to two career GSA employees.

These rooms share office space with conference rooms and are accessible only with high-security clearances, said the workers, who were granted anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly.

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