The Trump government sent e-mails to US Federal Government employees on Saturday night, asking them to detail their professional achievements from the previous week until Monday night or risk losing their jobs.
The emails were sent shortly after Elon Musk, the billionaire of the Trump administration’s government efficiency department, published on the social media website X that not responding to the email request would be seen as a resignation.
“All federal employees will soon receive an email asking them to indicate what they did last week,” Musk published in X. “The lack of response will be considered a resignation.”
Musk published his post a few hours after President Donald Trump published on his own social media network, Truth Social, that Doge should be more aggressive in his attempts to reduce and reshape the federal workforce of 2.3 million people .
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On Saturday night, emails were sent to federal agencies employees, including the Securities Commission, the Oceanic and Atmospheric National Administration, disease control and prevention centers and others, with the subject “What did you do last week?”.
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The email, seen by Reuters, asks employees to respond with five points summarizing “what you did at work last week” and copy your managers.
It is unclear what is the legal basis Musk has to dismiss federal employees if they do not respond to their request and what would happen to employees who cannot detail confidential work.
Some Federal Judiciary employees received the email on Saturday, although the judiciary is not part of the executive branch, people said familiar with the matter.
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The Administrative Office of the US Courts, the Judiciary’s administrative arm, did not immediately respond to requests for comments.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees also received the email, according to people with knowledge of the subject. However, most agency employees have received orders not to perform any tasks since the beginning of this month, creating a puzzle.
The agency is also under temporary court order not to resume mass layoffs while awaiting the result of legal proceedings.
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A doge spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Affge, the union representing federal officials, said in a statement that it will contest any “illegal layoffs.”
“Once again, Elon Musk and the Trump government have shown their total disdain for federal employees and the essential services they provide to the American people,” said Everett Kelley, president of Affge.
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The Trump government’s rapid and controversial process to reduce government spending by shrinking the federal workforce, led by Musk and its young advisers, which cuts costs, led to random layoffs that resulted in various errors and forced several Agencies rapidly reject vital employees, such as those who work with nuclear safety, defense and power generation.
