Elon Musk Using Tough Twitter Tactics on Federal Workforce, Telling Employees To Justify Their Jobs

‘Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation,’ The DOGE head said in a post on X.

AP/Jose Luis Magana
Elon Musk wields a chainsaw at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, February 20, 2025. AP/Jose Luis Magana

Elon Musk has taken a page out of his own playbook from his initial takeover of Twitter, announcing that an email was sent to nearly every federal employee urging them to provide a list of recent accomplishments or face getting axed from their positions.

“Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week,” He said in a post on X. “Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”

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