Elon Musk says federal workers MUST reply to email asking what ‘they got done last week’ or ‘resign’

ELON Musk has sent a stern warning to all federal employees saying they must reveal exactly what they "got done last week" or resign. The tech mogul revealed workers will receive an email which if they don't reply to will leave them without a job - as Musk and Donald Trump continue to crack down on government spending.

Trump has long vowed to gut what he calls a bloated federal workforce hampering America's economy. He set up a new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — led by Musk — and tasked him with slashing regulations, cutting spending, and reducing government jobs.

Musk has been working hard to please his new presidential buddy but Trump said on his Truth Social platform that he would like to see Musk "get more aggressive". "Remember, we have a country to save," Trump added. Responding to the outspoken Republican, Musk took to X earlier today to announce further crackdowns on the American workplace.

He said: "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.". Questions also still remain over why Musk said the staff will have to resign instead of being fired.

Images of the email sent round have since circulated on social media. The messages have been sent as high importance from HR departments and appear to all contain the same three sentences. They are: "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. "Deadline is this Monday at 11:59pmEST.". This gives workers just a few days to respond with many off work for the majority of that time due to the weekend. Musk made a similar call to one executive at Twitter shortly before he officially took over the platform in 2022.

The social media site's former chief executive Parag Agrawal had a public disagreement over Twitter with Musk. Agrawal asked the future X owner not to post anything detrimental about Twitter. Musk swiftly responded in a text: “What did you get done this week?”.

Trump and Musk have previously waged war on "woke" officials and federal employees as part of their cost cutting measures. Cuts were announced on Friday with the US Defense Department set to reduce its workforce by at least five per cent as of next week.

Trump's administration has already sent marching orders to many other federal workers who they feel aren't contributing enough. Last month, Trump even offered millions of federal employees a golden parachute to quit their jobs for cash. The White House proposed a buyout package for almost all federal staff who still work from home and don't want to return.

It would see them be given eight months’ salary if they resigned by February 6. The deal was predicted to save the government up to $100 billion, according to CBS News. Musk has already vowed to find $2 trillion worth of savings. Both Trump and Musk also appear to be considering an idea which would see a payment sent to millions of taxpayers based on the savings compiled by DOGE.

The so-called DOGE dividend was proposed by the founder of an Arizona investment firm. Under his plans, he estimated that $400 billion would be divided among 79 million households. This would roughly equate to each household receiving $5,000. Trump was quizzed about the proposal on Air Force One and seemed to welcome it.