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Federal employees told to justify jobs in email or Musk says they face dismissal
CNN ^ | 2/22/25 | Shania Shelton and Eva McKend

Posted on 02/22/2025 3:18:03 PM PST by hardspunned

Federal workers began receiving emails Saturday asking them to explain what work they did last week, as Elon Musk announced that “failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”

“Please reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and cc your manager. Please do not send any classified information, links, or attachments,” reads the email, which has no signature. CNN has obtained copies of emails sent to multiple federal employees.

“Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week,” Musk posted Saturday on X, hours after President Donald Trump suggested he be more “aggressive.” “Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”

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The head of a top union representing federal workers lambasted Musk’s ultimatum, telling CNN in a statement that it reflects the Trump administration’s “utter disdain for federal employees and the critical services they provide to the American people.”

Yep, “utter disdain” sums it up nicely.

1 posted on 02/22/2025 3:18:03 PM PST by hardspunned
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To: hardspunned

ps making coffee does not count


2 posted on 02/22/2025 3:22:45 PM PST by joshua c
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Utter disdain is what 90% of them feel for DJT and us.

Anybody ought to be able to verbalize his workaday worth in a trice.


3 posted on 02/22/2025 3:23:08 PM PST by Migraine
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To: hardspunned

CNN, no thanks. Why post to CNN when the same info is available from less aggregious sources? Every click to the CNN website, puts money in its pocket and helps keep the leftist propagandists in business.


4 posted on 02/22/2025 3:23:15 PM PST by Labyrinthos
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It would if they’re unable to justify their employment....Is that what unions are implying is the case?


5 posted on 02/22/2025 3:24:09 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: hardspunned

Wow. In the private sector we had to justify our jobs. It made us better employees.


6 posted on 02/22/2025 3:25:20 PM PST by silent majority rising (When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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7 posted on 02/22/2025 3:25:37 PM PST by kosciusko51
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To: Labyrinthos

schadenfreude, of course


8 posted on 02/22/2025 3:27:11 PM PST by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months s)
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It is the American people who hold federal workers in “high disdain”.

President Trump is doing what he was elected to do.


9 posted on 02/22/2025 3:27:49 PM PST by cgbg (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise.)
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To: hardspunned

1 Walked from my desk to the bathroom
2.Had lunch
3 Took a work break
4 Talked to my friend about her new baby
5.Had lunch again


10 posted on 02/22/2025 3:29:19 PM PST by chuckee (`.walked to the bahroom)
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To: hardspunned

Conservatism


11 posted on 02/22/2025 3:33:32 PM PST by Labyrinthos
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1. Reviewed studies of LGBT trends in rabbit populations.

2. Shared report and my analysis with seventeen other employees of my agency.

3. Attended agency meeting to discuss findings further with several managers.

4. Booked trip to Des Moines to share findings with LGBT Action of Iowa.

5. Lunch at fancy DC restaurant paid for by LGBT Alliance of Arlington, VA.

6. Next project was studying reports of LGBT trends in Muskrat populations.

....

Lol.


12 posted on 02/22/2025 3:37:34 PM PST by cgbg (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise.)
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https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4299719/posts

We want CNN to lay off thousands, not hundreds. Starve the enemy.


13 posted on 02/22/2025 3:38:18 PM PST by Labyrinthos
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To: hardspunned

People working in the Fortune 100 world know this drill. Re-orgs follow a pattern: Boxes are drawn with no names in them (org chart boxes) then you may get the chance to “apply for your old job” or a new one. Or you’re given an appointment with Legal and HR to go over severance package options.


14 posted on 02/22/2025 3:39:41 PM PST by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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“The 30 K emails last week were about yoga classes and cooking shows”.


15 posted on 02/22/2025 3:40:45 PM PST by Track9 (Make haste slowly. )
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Yes well just list all those critical services you accomplished last week


16 posted on 02/22/2025 3:41:10 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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This isn’t about the five things they’ve done last week, it’s to see who doesn’t respond and also a job skills and literacy test for those who do.


17 posted on 02/22/2025 3:43:02 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: chuckee

6. Took a power nap


18 posted on 02/22/2025 3:44:40 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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I also suspect DOGE is looking for how many separate email accounts have a response from the same IP address and device ID.

How many of these are "no-show" jobs or "no-work" jobs?



19 posted on 02/22/2025 3:45:51 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: hardspunned

Oh no! Reddit says Elon’s email is illegal! LOL.
https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/MyunvarcA3


20 posted on 02/22/2025 3:46:15 PM PST by Danette
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