Elon Musk’s team sent an email to hundreds of thousands of federal employees on Saturday, Feb. 22, giving them roughly 48 hours to report five specific things they had accomplished last week. Musk also said on X that employees who failed to reply by Monday at 11:59 p.

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.

A federal union leader told the administration to retract its insulting "what did you do last week?" email, saying it violates the law and wastes everybody's time.

Key federal agencies have instructed their employees not to comply with Elon Musk's demand that they explain what they accomplished last week or risk losing their jobs.