US federal staff asked to report last week’s work via email by Monday or resign. Elon Musk, who serves as US President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting chief, issued a brief notice about the ultimatum on the social media platform X. \”Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation,\” Musk said in a post on the site. Thousands of government employees have already been forced out of the federal workforce, either by being fired or offered a buyout, as the Trump administration works to streamline the government. The deadline to reply was listed as 11:59 p.m. on Monday, although the email did not include Musk’s social media threat about those who fail to respond. The emails came shortly after Musk, the billionaire head of the Department of Government Efficiency, posted on X that not responding to the email request would be viewed as a resigned. The White House said this month that Musk had no authority over DOGE and was not an employee of the program.
