People Are Mass-Emailing Elon Musk In Response To His “What Did You Do Last Week?” Message To Federal Workers

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People Are Mass-Emailing Elon Musk In Response To His “What Did You Do Last Week?” Message To Federal Workers

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On Saturday, federal workers received an email from the Office of Personnel Management demanding that they reply with five things they accomplished in the last week or else face losing their jobs as part of President Trump and unelected billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. So far, DOGE has

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20,000 government employees — including workers tasked with important functions like

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and preventing the spread of

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that the government is already scrambling to rehire.

Tweet by Elon Musk stating that federal employees will receive an email asking about their work, and failure to respond will be considered resignation

According to posts in the FedNews subreddit,

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was sent from the same email address as the

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offering government workers a buyout in exchange for resigning from their jobs.

Additionally, workers at some federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, the Internal Revenue Service, and the National Institutes of Health, have since been told by their department leaders

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to the email.

Well, over the weekend, people outside the federal government realized that seemingly anyone can send an email that will presumably reach Musk at this Office of Personnel Management address. On

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, a “resistance” page dedicated to protecting the parks, posted this:

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post by Alt National Park Service: “Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at *****@*****.tld” 16.6 thousand comments and 24 thousand shares

In the comments, people shared their own lists of weekly accomplishments to share in an email:

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Comment lists days not voting for Elon Musk, with reactions shown below

And some of them

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, but I can’t quite put my finger on it.

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Screenshot of a social media comment listing things not done: “didn’t do ketamine, didn’t ignore my children’s mother, didn’t golf, didn’t wield a chainsaw.”

Even Canadians got into the mix:

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Commenter jokingly mentions emailing a list of foods tried while sick, stating they’re ********* and not a federal worker

And others plan to take advantage of this as a teachable moment:

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Text in the image reads: “I’m going to send a PDF of the constitution.” The text has 2k likes

People on

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are also sharing their emails to Elon:

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A tweet suggests emailing Elon Musk at *****@*****.tld. Screenshotted email reads: got blitzed on ketamine, ignored my children, tweeted 1782 times, wore weird sunglasses inside, got humiliated by astronauts

Some people are getting very creative with the assignment:

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Screenshot of an email joke listing humorous, exaggerated activities as a reply to a work-related question

And others are getting very detailed:

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Screenshot of an email listing weekly tasks, including work hours, meetings, depositions, and jail visits for job duties

It’s also happening over on Bluesky:

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Screenshot of a post with humorous list: budgeting groceries, uninstalling apps, choosing lipstick, organizing, and naming the Gulf of Mexico

And once again, some of these accomplishments seem

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Email draft listing five accomplishments: did not you give up, let you down, run around and desert you, make you cry, say goodbye; plus bonus: did not tell a lie and hurt you

We’ll keep you posted as the situation unfolds.

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