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His post on X said employees will receive an email “shortly” requesting to “understand what they got done last week.”

All federal government employees will have to share what they’ve been working on in the last week or face dismissal, Elon Musk said Saturday.

Musk posted on X that employees will be receiving an email “shortly” requesting to “understand what they got done last week.” A lack of response, Musk said, “will be taken as a resignation.” It’s unclear what legal authority, if any, Musk is relying on.

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  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    Does this count Congressmen and Senators, too? How about Special Government Employees?

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      5·
      12 hours ago

      I don’t think that Musk is doing this for whatever he’s being directly paid. He may benefit indirectly in that reshaping the government in some ways might be favorable for his business or financial interests. But he’s not in any kind of need of money. Anything that the government would pay him would be a rounding error on his other sources of wealth. Just no point.

      kagis

      https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-doge-paid-donald-trump-white-house-2032709

      However, as previously reported by Newsweek, Musk is not receiving a salary for his role, according to White House filings. Musk has been classified as a “special government employee,” a designation that allows individuals to work for the government on a temporary basis.

      Yeah.