Elon Musk tells federal employees to list 5 things they did last week or be fired – agency heads say to ignore him

A hot potato: Elon Musk's emails to US federal workers asking them to explain their accomplishments over the last week have, unsurprisingly, not been well-received by the agencies. The FBI, state department, Pentagon, and others have instructed employees not to reply to the messages, even though Musk said failure to respond by Monday night would be interpreted as the recipient resigning. On Saturday, Musk tweeted that, consistent with President Trump's instructions, all federal employees would be receiving an email asking what they had done over the last week. He added that failure to respond would be taken as a resignation. Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump's instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week. Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation. – Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2025 The email asked for approximately five bullet points of the employee's previous week's accomplishments ... Read full article.