Elon Musk claims federal employees have 48 hours to explain recent work or resign
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Elon Musk has asked all federal agencies to review the productivity of their workers, and have any staff who haven’t produced enough work in the last week to resign.
The agencies all received an email on Saturday from the Office of Personnel Management, with a deadline of Monday evening.
Musk claimed that this would apply to around 10% of staff, and that this was part of his mission to uncover government inefficiency and fraud across federal agencies.
Lawyers have warned that failure to respond to the email cannot be used as a grounds for dismissal, and that Musk does not have the legal authority to make such demands.
Leaders of some departments, including the FBI and State Department, have told workers to await further guidance, while others have told staff to comply with the request.