Musk Says Federal Workers Must Detail 'What They Got Done'—Or Risk Losing Job

Elon Musk said Saturday that federal employees must detail their accomplishments at work or risk losing their jobs, the latest move by the Trump administration to overhaul the government that prompted confusion among the workforce.

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"Consistent with President [Trump'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," Musk posted on X.

McLaurine Pinover, a spokeswoman for the Office of Personnel Management, said, "As part of the Trump administration's commitment to an efficient and accountable federal workforce, OPM is asking employees to provide a brief summary of what they did last week by the end of Monday, CC'ing their manager. Agencies will determine any next steps."

The email was set to go to all agencies including the Central Intelligence Agency, the OPM spokeswoman said. Steven Cheung, the White House communications director, wrote on X: "This is such a good idea and even White House staffers can list all of the great things they've done this week, just like everyone in the Administration should do as well."

The Journal viewed copies of the email, which asked "What did you do last week?" in the subject line.

Federal workers were given until 11:59 p.m. Monday to respond with a list of "5 bullets of what you accomplished last week." The email asked employees not to send any classified information, and it didn't say that nonresponses would be considered resignations.