Living up to the meaning of “efficiency,” as in the federal Department of Government Efficiency, the agency’s chief, Elon Musk, posted on X today that every federal employee from now on is to send in weekly reports addressing “what they got done last week.”
And those employees not in the mood to write such a report are at risk of losing their jobs. Says Musk, “Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”
That certainly could quickly reduce the number of federal employees on the taxpayer-supported payroll.
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
Musk’s demand falls in line with similar attempts for the Trump administration to hold federal employees accountable – not only for what they do but for where they work and how they spend billions of government dollars.
The billionaire DOGE boss made a splash yesterday at the the annual CPAC event outside Washington, D.C., hoisting a chainsaw given him by visiting President Javier Milei, the popular libertarian leader who has slashed spending in Argentina.
Also today, Trump wrote on Truth Social that though Musk is “doing a great job,” but should be “more aggressive.”