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US Personnel Office Tells Federal Workers They Can Ignore Email Ultimatum Issued by Elon Musk

US Personnel Office Tells Federal Workers They Can Ignore Email Ultimatum Issued by Elon Musk

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Elon Musk's email to 2.3 million civil-service workers directed them to provide a five-point summary of their work by 11.59pm EST. Musk warned that workers who did not respond in detail could lose their jobs, however, an internal Justice Department email revealed that the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) informed human resources officials that employees would not be let go for not responding.

Lisa Murkowski
Republican Party
1. Our public workforce deserves to be treated with dignity and respect for the unheralded jobs they perform. The absurd weekend email to justify their existence wasn't it.
Donald Trump
Republican Party
1. They're trying to find out who's working for the government, are we paying other people that aren't working, and … where's the money going.
2. There was a lot of genius in sending it. We're trying to find out if people were working.
3. We have people that don't show up to work, and nobody even knows if they work for the government. So by asking the question, 'Tell us what you did this week,' what he's doing is saying: Are you actually working?
4. If people don't respond, it's very possible that there is no such person, or they aren't working.
5. And then, if you don't answer, like, you're sort of semi-fired or you're fired, because a lot of people aren't answering because they don't even exist.
Matt Welsh
1. Fire any federal worker who didn't answer the email. Fire any who complained publicly about the email. Fire any who complained privately about the email. Fire any who did anything but cheerfully and promptly answer it.
Elon Musk
SpaceX
1. The email request was utterly trivial, as the standard for passing the test was to type some words and press send! Yet so many failed even that inane test, urged on in some cases by their managers. Have you ever witnessed such INCOMPETENCE and CONTEMPT for how YOUR TAXES are being spent?
Everett Kelley
American Federation of Government Employees
1. This request, and the resulting confusion, is not just inappropriate – it is disruptive to essential government functions.

US Personnel Office Tells Federal Workers They Can Ignore Email Ultimatum Issued by Elon Musk

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