Elon Musk sends an email to U.S. civil servants: Submit weekly work reports, or face layoffs

Minister Ma has intensified layoffs, requiring government employees to explain their job responsibilities, or they will be fired.

On Saturday, February 22, Musk wrote on social platform X:

"According to President @realDonaldTrump's instructions, all federal employees will soon receive an email asking them to explain what work they accomplished last week. Failure to respond will be considered resignation."

About two hours later, Politico reported that an email titled "What did you do last week" was sent to U.S. federal government employees, asking them to respond by midnight Monday with a brief list of five points outlining their work achievements from the previous week.

Analysts noted that this move is reminiscent of the strategy Musk used when taking over Twitter.

However, attorney Michael Fallings believes that Musk's actions are illegal:

"I think this is illegal, and I don't think he truly understands how he will carry out the threats he has made."

The FBI director reminded employees not to respond, as FBI Director Kash Patel urged his staff not to reply to the emails sent to federal government employees by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

It is worth noting that just hours before Musk's post, Trump also tweeted: "(Musk) is doing great, but I want to see him be more aggressive."

Previously, the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) offered a "buyout" plan for federal employees: if they did not want to return to the office, they could receive about eight months' salary as compensation and resign. Ultimately, this plan attracted 77,000 resignations.

Last Friday, Trump also fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff CQ Brown and five other senior Pentagon officials, and the Department of Defense plans to cut 5,400 probationary employees starting next week.

In response, Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, stated that his organization would "challenge any illegal actions to fire federal employees":

Musk and the Trump administration have once again demonstrated their extreme contempt for federal employees and the critical services they provide to the American people.

Hundreds of thousands of veterans are serving in a second uniform for public service, and (DOGE and the Trump administration) are forcing them to explain their job responsibilities to a disconnected, privileged class of unelected billionaires, which is both cruel and disrespectful