Bari Weiss is looking to calm nerves at CBS News amid rumors of big changes involving Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell — and growing fears of looming layoffs, The Post has learned.

The 41-year-old journalist, who started as editor in chief on Monday, sent a note to staff on Friday seeking “to understand how you spend your working hours — and ideally, what you’ve made (or are making) that you are most proud of,” according to Variety .

The memo drew comparisons to Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency,” which earlier this year asked employees for a weekly update on “five things” they had accomplished — before beginning a bloodbath that has since claimed 300,000 federal workers. 6

Weiss, however, took pains to emphasize she wanted to listen — polling recipients for “your vi

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