Elon Musk's 'what did you do last week' email to US federal workers sparks chaos as Trump MAGA appointees fight back
Confusion and chaos loom as hundreds of thousands of federal employees begin their working week on Monday facing a deadline from President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting chief Elon Musk to explain their recent accomplishments or risk losing their jobs.
Mr Musk’s unusual demand has faced resistance from several key US agencies led by the president's loyalists - including the FBI, State Department, Homeland Security and the Pentagon - which instructed their employees over the weekend not to comply.
It's not easy to fight off the thought that a busy and productive person might welcome the move where an idle and unproductive person would 'fight' it.
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I'm also wondering why anyone should bother to fight this, unless it's a form of virtue-signalling to make a political point. apparently Musk also said that he only wants a few bullet points, or five minutes work. As self-justification seems to be second nature for most public sector employees, I would have thought this wouldn't stress them too much.
Or perhaps things have got so bad that they are no longer even bothering with the self-justification. They've got the job, they're unsackable, so they've even lost the simple skills of self-serving bullshit.
In a later post Musk said that the demand was a test of the email system, with perhaps many staff not paying regular attention to their employers' mail and in some cases fake employees drawing salaries.
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