Billionaire Elon Musk, who’s slashing wasteful government spending with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), said federal workers who fail to respond to his productivity email may be given another chance, but warned if they fail to respond a second time, they’ll be terminated.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) sent an email titled, “What did you do last week?” to federal employees, calling on them to submit five bullet points detailing their accomplishments over the past week, or face possible termination.
Several agencies, including the Department of Defense (DOD) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), responded to the request, telling their employees to ignore the OPM email.
Musk appeared to be fired up by the lack of response to the request, turning to X to express his frustration just hours before the 11:59 p.m. Monday deadline.
DOGE’s work comes as President Donald Trump ordered the federal workforce to return to the office after five years of remote work stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, and has vowed to clean house of bad actors within the government and axe overspending.
Fox News Digital’s Emma Colton contributed to this report.
Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.
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