His post on X said employees will receive an email “shortly” requesting to “understand what they got done last week.”

All federal government employees will have to share what they’ve been working on in the last week or face dismissal, Elon Musk said Saturday.

Musk posted on X that employees will be receiving an email “shortly” requesting to “understand what they got done last week.” A lack of response, Musk said, “will be taken as a resignation.” It’s unclear what legal authority, if any, Musk is relying on.

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  • PillBugTheGreat@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Wait. Musk has access to every address of these workers. Many have mortgages. Is this just a play to have the bank take their homes and then they are auctioned for cheap to Musk et al?

  • yarr@feddit.nl
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    12 hours ago

    [Scene: The Oval Office. JD Vance, the Vice President of the United States, is seated at his desk. Pete Davidson, a reporter, enters the room with a notebook and recorder.]

    Pete Davidson: So, Mr. Vice President, I’ve been looking into your role here in the White House. Can you tell me what you do?

    JD Vance: [smirking] Well, let me tell you. I deal with the goddamn politicians so the lawyers don’t have to! I have people skills… for people who are trying to get things done!

    Pete Davidson: But… but isn’t your job more about policy and-

    JD Vance: [interrupting] Policy, schmolicy! The people want me to deal with the people, not just talk about them. And let’s be real, I’m good at dealing with people. I’ve got charisma, I’ve got charm, and I’ve got a Twitter account that can turn anything into a meme!

    Pete Davidson: [skeptical] Uh-huh… And what exactly do you mean by “dealing with the people”?

    JD Vance: [leaning forward] I mean, I’m like a social media influencer for the Trump administration. I get to say whatever I want and watch it blow up on Twitter. It’s like having my own reality TV show! The engineers are just there to document everything so everyone knows I’m not a total disaster.

    Pete Davidson: [taken aback] Uh… okay, got it…

    JD Vance: [grinning] And can’t you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people who can’t see the genius of my role?!

  • QuarterSwede@lemmy.world
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    Hey Musk you asshat, stop wasting all of our government’s time asking federal workers what they did last week! We all know what you did, mass terminations and backpedaling, because you and “DOGE” are INCOMPETENT.

    ——— The good news is that all of us will die someday. It’s a small consolation but it’s what helps me smile today.

  • Gerudo@lemm.ee
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    Musk : Explain your work.

    Employee : You gave me this work.

    Musk : Fired.

  • a9cx34udP4ZZ0@lemmy.world
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    It turns out, he can say “not responding to this email is a formal resignation” until he’s blue in the face, that doesn’t make it so. Ignoring the part where it’s not legal. He WILL be paying unemployment to all of them, and likely wrongful termination. Of course by “he” I mean “all of us” because it will be our tax dollars.

  • Lemminary@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    I’d send them the longest fucking email back detailing everything in painful detail of what I did last week. 99% being straight up fluff.

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    16 hours ago

    Dear fElon,

    After the daily struggle to keep this government running despite efforts to the contrary and repeated unmitigated budgetary damage, I currently lack the crayons and the spare time to properly school you on a description of my job; even at a level so high you could use it as a space elevator.

    Please let me know if that’s your goal, as we could realize a cost-savings for NASA. Otherwise, I can recommend some intro courses on forecasting and management that could get you a little more up to speed, and we can arrange a time to meet and talk afterwards.

    Have a super day.

    -Me

  • Willy@sh.itjust.works
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    16 hours ago

    lots of federal workers don’t work a normal schedule or get government email at home. they won’t even know about this til its deadline is past. not that that’s the only problem with this.