Bill McDermott, the Chief Executive Officer of ServiceNow, has come out in support of President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, stating, “We’re all in with DOGE.” 

The newly announced department, to be led by tech mogul Elon Musk and entrepreneur-politician Vivek Ramaswamy, has the declared focus of regulating government spending. In addition to voicing his support, McDermott has suggested that ServiceNow can serve the department’s goals.

Bill McDermott’s Approval of DOGE Workforce Reduction

As reported by Washington Technology, McDermott made positive statements regarding the announcement of DOGE during a trip to Washington, D.C. “The mood in this town has changed,” he said, hinting at broad enthusiasm. “People are inspired and fired up.”

McDermott has gone on to describe the federal workforce reduction goals of DOGE as some “natural form of attrition.” He has expressed his belief that government productivity can improve by a “quantum leap” if only the best employees are retained and given the proper tools.

“People are going to have to saddle up, they’re going to have to want to go to work, they’re going to have to do their best work, but you also have to give them the best tools,” McDermott asserted. “I think that’s a fair bargain, and I think that most people will be highly inspired by this transformation.”

Donald Trump’s Announcement of DOGE

As reported by NPR, President-elect Donald Trump made an announcement in November, shortly after confirmations of his victory in the 2024 presidential race, that he will be forming a new Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE), with the aim to “dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.”

During this announcement, Trump named Musk and Ramaswamy for dual positions in leading the new department. Both of these individuals have established histories of tech entrepreneurship coupled with political activism.

After his purchase of X, Musk infamously conducted massive layoffs, reducing the size of the leading tech company from 8,000 to 1,500 personnel. He has concurrently conducted a large amount of political spending, with plans to maintain his super PAC to promote Republican victories.

Similarly, according to a separate article by NPR, Ramaswamy’s political vision has aligned with DOGE’s stated goals, having called for a reduction of at least 90% of the Federal Reserve workforce. 

Hopes for a Tech Revolution in Federal Offices

Since the announcement of DOGE, both Musk and Ramaswamy have called for tech improvements within government operations to improve efficiency, as reported by Washington Technology. 

Musk has shared a GAO audit on outdated federal IT systems through his X feed, and Ramaswamy made statements during his talk at the Aspen Security Forum that tech improvements in government will be “important” and “necessary in order to get the job done.”

McDermott responded positively to these statements, suggesting that his company, ServiceNow, a California-based software company specializing in cloud computing for businesses, could play a role in this movement.

“We agree with them, and we’re all in with DOGE,” McDermott stated. “In fact, we’ve made our inquiries and we’re ready to help because we know their goal is to take $2 trillion in cost out but also to improve performance.”

During McDermott’s tenure as CEO of ServiceNow, the tech company has experienced significant growth, nearly quadrupling its stock price while more than doubling its number of employees. It has since acquired customers within the public sector, including the Defense Department.

McDermott believes that his company’s growth and stature put it in a unique position to contribute to DOGE’s mission. “We’ve been doing the mission work with public servants, who I have enormous respect for because most of them have come in and inherited these situations from decades and decades of these tech companies doing the best they could at the time,” he said. “But you have to acknowledge, with empathy, that there’s a better way now.”