‘Failure to respond will be taken as resignation’: Elon Musk’s new rule for US federal staff

US department of government efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk on Saturday directed government employees to report their productivity via email in a new Trump administration initiative, or else it will be interpreted as a resignation.
In a social media post on X, Musk said that the email will give federal workers the opportunity to share details about their productivity for the previous week.
“Consistent with President Donald Trump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week,” Musk said.
“Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation,” he added.
Following the directive, spokesperson of US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) confirmed Musk’s plans and said that the department is asking employees to provide a brief summary of what they did last week by the end of Monday.
“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,” the official told Fox News.
“Agencies will determine any next steps,” he added.
Meanwhile, the American federation of government employees criticised Trump and Musk’s pans and said it will challenge any unlawful terminations of our members and federal employees across the country.”
“It is cruel and disrespectful for federal employees to be forced to justify their job duties to this out-of-touch, privileged, unelected billionaire who has never performed one single hour of honest public service in his life,” the AFGE said.
The productivity report comes amid DOGE’s ongoing action against suspected waste across the federal government. In an X post Tuesday, DOGE said it discovered 4 million active credit cards on the US government’s books.
“The US government currently has ~4.6M active credit cards/accounts, which processed ~90M unique transactions for ~$40B of spend[ing] in FY24,” DOGE said in a post on X Tuesday.
Trump supported Musk with his plans to improve bureaucratic efficiency and said that he is “doing a great job,” he should be “more aggressive.”
“Elon is doing a great job, but I would like to see him get more aggressive. Remember, we have a country to save, but ultimately, to make greater than ever before. Maga!” Trump wrote.
Musk responded with an enthusiastic “Will do, Mr. President!” hours after Trump posted.