DOGE's attempt to trim jobs may be new for the federal workforce, but one expert said the strategy was ripped from the private sector’s playbook.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said more than one million federal workers sent in their list of accomplishments.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, had some harsh words for the way DOGE was operating, calling the email sent to federal workers “intimidation,” and saying that she’s hearing from federal workers who are being “treated with a level of disregard to their service and to their tenure.”