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Musk’s Productivity Email Creates Controversy in the Govt.
Musk has now sent the dreaded email hinted at for months before President Trump’s inauguration, asking federal employees to detail their productivity. Many in the Trump administration, however, are instructing their staff not to respond to this email.
From The Daily Wire. Multiple senior officials within the Trump administration told employees not to respond to Trump advisor Elon Musk’s order over the weekend, which instructed federal government employees to justify their positions by reporting “what they got done last week.”
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By Sunday afternoon, however, the Defense Department, Homeland Security Department, State Department, FBI, and Office of the Director of National Intelligence told employees to hold off on responding to Musk’s directive, The Washington Post reported. An email from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) sent out on Saturday told federal government employees to “reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and cc your manager.”
“Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation,” Musk warned in a post on X on Saturday. OPM’s email did not threaten termination, according to The New York Times. …
The OPM email caught many senior Trump officials off guard and required them to reach out to their employees on Sunday to give further guidance. The Department of Defense sent an email to employees telling them to “pause any response to the OPM email titled ‘What did you do last week.’” …
Patel similarly told FBI employees to “pause any responses” to the OPM email, adding that “the FBI, through the office of the director, is in charge of all our review processes.” …
The State Department’s acting undersecretary of state for management, Tibor P. Nagy, reportedly told the Post that “no employee is obligated to report their activities outside of their Department chain of command.” …
From The Daily Wire. Elon Musk announced that all federal employees must detail their productivity from the past week or risk termination, further intensifying the Trump administration’s campaign to shrink the federal government.
Musk wrote on X, “Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week.”
“Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.” …
Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week.
Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2025
This apparent audit comes after weeks of the Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) slashing excess bureaucratic spending and firing thousands of probationary employees. …
Federal employees across multiple departments, including those under the Department of Energy and the General Services Administration, have already faced probationary terminations in recent weeks as part of a broader effort to trim what DOGE deems unnecessary positions. …
Legal observers are questioning whether Musk — in his capacity as an administration adviser — possesses the authority to demand employee productivity reports under threat of dismissal.
Nevertheless, Musk appears to have the president’s full support. …
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(Excerpts from The Daily Wire and The Daily Wire. Photo Credit: The White House)
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As in any area of employment, there are tasks, conditions, expectations of employers needing to be met to prove the merits of one’s employment. There should be no difference in federal employees or civil employees – there must be documentation of meeting goals for merit
, promotions, raises to be given.
Nothing wrong with accountability. I have to answer a survey about my job on a continual basis AND I have to go before my supervisor annually regarding my work performance, as do all my coworkers. I pray Elon is given Your wisdom Father to see with your eyes. Bring to me light what has been hidden in the darkness and preserve what is useful and reputable. Thank you in Jesus name Amen
Not sure what all the hoopla is about. If you’ve been honestly doing your job you just answer the questions. It’s called accountability which was absent for the last 4 years. If you’re experiencing fear and outrage you must be guilty of something. God’s will be done
Lord, I pray that Musk and Trump would be saved and that they would only follow Your kingdom agenda. I pray that the way they go about reducing the federal government would be done in a way that is right and honors You with a spirit of humility and not in a way that villainizes employees. I pray all those that have lost or will lose their jobs would turn to You and be saved. And please provide for them in miraculous ways. I pray that Trump and others would realize that many federal employees (including myself) voted for Trump and have prayed for him and supported him since his first term and many of us are not woke or lazy, but actually love serving our country in this way. I pray Your will be done and that You would be at work through all of this to bring about Your agenda, Lord.
Yes Father I agree with this request. Confusion is not of You 1 Corinthians 14:33. Keep all in office seeking after You, Your will and Your ways. Hear our prayers oh LORD. In Jesus Christ name amen 🙏🏾
Lord many of us know people who work for the federal government or local government who receive federal funding, including me. This has been a scary time for these your children. Remove the spirit of fear and give them peace. Lord Many persons who work for the federal government or agencies that receive federal funding or benefit from federal programs are hard working Americans, many are Christians, many voted for president trump and all of them who have bills and financial needs. Let the masses learn that There is so much government funding that goes to help countless people in this country in so many ways. Let the masses know all of the spending and people are not wasteful. I prayed the Holy Spirit leads and guides President Trump, Elon and DOGE. I prayed for wisdom, compassion and truth to reign and be the standard at DOGE. Shift the atmosphere and mindset Lord in Jesus name. I pray That every position cut is done thoughtfully and humanely. I pray that Christian pray for all the families facing unemployment because this is an opportunity for them to either get saved or see God’s hand in their lives. I pray that demonic and silly funding is cut, and cut today! but i pray that all funding that truly helps the American people is not only maintained but increased. Lord this is harvest time. We have an opportunity for revival. Let us seek to serve the persons hurting due to the changes being made. Lord we know You have a plan in all this. Lord you knew all this would happen . Lord you told many of us affected by all this to vote for president trump. We ask the blood of Jesus over DOGE. Let the blood of Jesus be a boundary to do things in a way that honors you and is based in wisdom. We ask all these things in Jesus name. Amen
Abba Father,
We thank you for President Trump and the agenda that you have put in his heart for America, we pray you give him wisdom, show him how to make changes that are necessary that are your will for America in an orderly way through the approval of Congress or it won’t stick after he’s no longer president because executive orders are not an effective way to get things done, but needs to be congressional for them to stick beyond his presidency. I pray they collect all the data reallocate, the funds that their identifying and not ask for additional money from the taxpayers to get the agenda done in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Kudos to Elon Musk for his request that these workers justify what work they do. I see that the first to respond were judged to be worthy of promotion.. they have shown that they are capable of following instructions.
Our Father confusion is not Your heart or Your way. May all in leadership respect and reason together for Your glory. You said they will know we are Christian by our love. We repent for now following You. Forgive us and heal our land. In Jesus Christ name amen 🙏🏾
Every body who has a job either in government or private sector should have to account for their productivity who the hell or why would they feel intimidated unless they aren’t doing what they’re hired to do this should have been done a long time ago accountability is good get rid of the dead weight