The Trump administration sent emails on Saturday afternoon to some 2.3 million U.S. federal government employees telling them to detail their work accomplishments from the previous week by Monday evening or risk losing their jobs.
“Please reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and cc your manager,” reads the email, sent from the Office of Personnel Management. The memo’s subject matter is: “What did you do last week?”
Employees were instructed to not send any classified information, links, or attachments and the head of the Department of Government Efficiency wrote on X that workers who were nonresponsive to the email would be considered as having handed in their resignation.
Musk wrote on X that the requirement is “consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions.” Those instructions include getting tougher on reductions to the federal government.
The federal union that represents workers said it will challenge any unlawful terminations.
“Once again, Elon Musk and the Trump Administration have shown their utter disdain for federal employees and the critical services they provide to the American people,” said AFGE President Everett Kelley in a statement.
According to Reuters, some federal agency leaders are telling workers to not comply as they determine a protocol for responding to the order from the president’s office.
“To be clear, this is irregular, unexpected and warrants further validation by management,” said one management email sent to NOAA employees, as reportedly seen by Reuters.
