Elon Musk Says All Federal Employees Must Report What They’ve Accomplished Or Face Potential Termination

All federal employees will be asked to report the work they did over the past week or could resign, the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk said Saturday.

“Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week,” Musk wrote on X. “Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”

Federal employees received an email asking, “what did you do last week” and instructing them to list the accomplished tasks — excluding classified information — in five bullet points by midnight Monday, CBS News reported.

Hours before Musk’s post, President Donald Trump had praised the DOGE executive and called for him to do more. “Elon is doing a great job, but I would like to see him get more aggressive,” Trump wrote. (RELATED: DOGE Reportedly Begins Chipping Away At IRS’s Legion Of Tax Collectors)

“Remember, we have a country to save, but ultimately, to make greater than ever before,” he added.

Trump also praised Musk while speaking Saturday night at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C., according to CBS News.

“The fraudsters, liars, cheaters, globalists, and Deep State bureaucrats are being sent packing. The illegal alien criminals are being sent home. We’re draining the swamp and restoring government by the people,” Trump told CPAC attendees.

Musk also attended CPAC. Receiving a chainsaw from Argentinian President Javier Milei, Musk raised it and said, “This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy.”

NEW ELON INTERVIEW — CPAC 2025

Here’s the full interview with Elon Musk conducted by Rob Schmitt a few minutes ago at CPAC 2025 in Washington, DC.

0:25 A surprise from President Milei
2:12 “I am become meme.”
3:36 Culture shift since the election
4:30 How Elon got involved in… pic.twitter.com/YfNH3bhRxn

— ELON CLIPS (@ElonClipsX) February 20, 2025

Trump signed a Jan. 2o executive order requiring all federal workers to return to in-person work and that all remote federal work arrangements must end — except in exceptional situations.

Federal workers who decided by Feb. 6 to resign in September would be placed in a “deferred resignation program” which will see them receive their paychecks till Sep. 30 but be unable to work, the outlet reported.

A federal judge blocked the federal buyout offers but later allowed the plan to continue.