Federal workers react to mass DOGE email

Federal Agencies Tell Workers to Pause Reply to Musk Threat
Several US government agencies have advised their employees to ignore for now a demand from Elon Musk’s government efficiency office to justify their jobs or face dismissal.The Pentagon and Department of Justice have told workers to pause on replying to the Trump administration’s email,
Elon Musk says federal workers must justify their work — or resign
In a sign that not every Trump official is on the same page, leaders at the FBI and State Department instructed employees not to respond.
'Maybe I'll just resign': Federal workers react to the mass DOGE email
Federal workers across agencies told Business Insider they were frustrated and upset by the DOGE productivity email sent Saturday.
DOGE's Elon Musk says federal employees must document their work or resign
Some federal agencies, including the State and Defense Departments, told their employees not to respond to an email asking for a list of tasks they completed.
Musk orders US federal workers to report on work by Monday or resign
It is unclear what legal basis Musk has to fire federal workers and what would happen to employees that cannot detail confidential work, or those, like at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, who have been told not to work.
Musk Says Federal Workers Must Detail ‘What They Got Done’—or Risk Losing Job
In a tweet, Elon Musk said “Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.” An email sent to federal workers gives them until Monday to outline their accomplishments.
Elon Musk Draws Ire Telling Federal Employees to Justify Their Jobs Over Email or Resign
Musk caused alarm among federal employees over an email sent on Saturday requesting that employees summarize their work.
Republicans respond to Musk's federal workers email
Speaking on Sunday shows on Feb. 23, Republicans critiqued and defended Elon Musk's email asking federal employees to outline their work.
Some federal workers told to ignore DOGE 'accomplishments' email
Multiple U.S. agencies have told employees not to respond immediately to a demand by President Donald Trump's adviser Elon Musk to list their accomplishments in the past week or be fired, as a chaotic campaign to cull the federal workforce pushes forward.
Document work or resign, DOGE tells US federal workers in email
Federal workers received an email Saturday afternoon asking them to list their accomplishments from the past week or resign - the latest development in the Trump administration's efforts targeting the federal workforce.
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