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In February, Elon Musks demand that federal workers submit via email their accomplishments that weekor risk getting firedwas met with swift backlash. Some Cabinet members reportedly encouraged workers to ignore it, and now new reporting suggests even the Office of Personnel Management didnt see the threat as legitimate.
According to The Washington Post, top human resources officers across the government were briefed two days after Musks Feb. 22 directive went out. They were told his initiative was voluntary, and that skipping the email wouldnt count as a resignation.
Even for those employees who did respond, OPMessentially the federal governments HR departmentreportedly had no plans to do anything with their submissions.
In other words, nobody took Musk seriously then. And it looks like even fewer do now. His grip on President Donald Trumps White House appears to be slipping.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/21/2317789/-Federal-workers-make-mockery-of-Musk-s-obnoxious-5-things-emails

Blues Heron
(6,808 posts)Permanut
(7,037 posts)Included no accomplishments.
vapor2
(2,143 posts)I am really concerned that doge is now in the FDIC buildings. What could go wrong?
SharonAnn
(14,025 posts)Irish_Dem
(68,479 posts)He has destroyed much of what made this country great.
orangecrush
(24,286 posts)He got everything he paid for.
Martin68
(25,516 posts)allegorical oracle
(4,670 posts)works in the government. She told me she just turns in the same list every week...because she does the same thing every week. She said she's insulted and resents having to do it at all (and hates Musk, too).
IbogaProject
(4,286 posts)Bet they didn't do it.
D_Master81
(2,020 posts)Once again the Trump regime is all show with no follow through. Make some headlines but no plans. Typical Trump
paleotn
(20,275 posts)The Tesla brand is destroyed. The Starlink brand is damaged and facing competition as intense as Tesla. And government contracts for his little rocket company are in danger in a scaled down federal government. And the favorable government policy, tax and otherwise, that Tesla has relied on all these years to make ends meet is being gutted. Just one more in a long line of hacks and grifters Donny has used up and tossed aside. Bad as that is, Elmo deserves far, far worse.
calimary
(85,955 posts)liberalla
(10,428 posts)Iamscrewed
(114 posts)He needs to take his own medicine without lying.
Ol Janx Spirit
(152 posts)...for people that once had a good reputation and stupidly fell into Turnip's orbit to have it shredded? Now, clearly: they were not great people to begin with, but they had managed to create a persona of some reputation.
Elon is a special case of abject stupidity, and he may currently deserve the premier spot in the hall. He saw Rudy and his merry band of idiots, Lindell, Tillerson, Barr, Kelly, Pence and any number of other previously respected people lose their reputations and said, "hold my ketamine." I mean, it couldn't happen to a Nazier guy, but what exactly was he thinking? Don't answer--who cares? Ef that guy....
Now, where are we going to build this thing...?
calimary
(85,955 posts)Ol Janx Spirit
(152 posts)Shermann
(8,914 posts)Monday: Fixed critical bugs that were impacting performance.
Tuesday: Implemented a small but valuable feature enhancement.
Wednesday: Optimized database queries to improve efficiency.
Thursday: Conducted a productive code review and merged key updates.
Friday: Updated documentation to reflect recent changes.
Blue Owl
(55,954 posts)byronius
(7,713 posts)GoCubsGo
(33,743 posts)This motherfucker is responsible for the greatest theft of government data--including YOUR information, and god knows what else. Some of which is likely highly-classified data that he has almost certainly turned over to Vladimir Putin, our nation's biggest enemy. No way in hell do you let him walk free, let alone leave the country, especially given that he is still in possession of all that data. The same goes for all of his DOGEbags and other associates. Eddie Slovik got the firing squad for FAR LESS than what these ratbastards did.
Canada Kid
(99 posts)With everyone ignoring his idiotic demands, his own companies directors complaining about his lack of attention at Tesla causing the company stock value to crash, maybe he should go...with a grand sendoff. Take him skydiving....without a parachute!
Ol Janx Spirit
(152 posts)GoodRaisin
(10,120 posts)little power trip and leave.