OPM says Musk's ultimatum is voluntary

Elon Musk’s ‘what you accomplished’ emails are ‘voluntary’ after key agency heads ignore them: Federal personnel office
OPM also instructed multiple HR departments that failure to reply to the email did not mean automatic termination — despite ...
Elon Musk’s Federal Worker Emails: Musk Says Employees Will Get Second Chance To Respond If Trump Says So
Trump claimed Monday that any agencies saying not to respond to the email were doing it "in a friendly manner." ...
‘It’s a Psyop’: Inside Elon Musk’s Empty Ultimatum
Trump’s billionaire enforcer told federal workers they needed to justify themselves—or else. Then the administration changed ...
Federal workers in turmoil as Elon Musk’s confusing email ultimatum deadline looms: ‘It’s bedlam’
Our chief said it was mandatory. Then OPM said it became voluntary. Then I guess Trump just told us it was mandatory again,” a longtime employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs ...
Elon Musk’s directive to federal workers to explain their productivity or get the ax could take them 165,000 hours of their workdays to complete
The time needed for all federal workers to reply to Musk's email could cost the government about $8.5 million in wages.
DOGE denied: Trump admin tells workers replying to Musk demand 'voluntary'
The Office of Personnel Management told workers replying to billionaire Elon Musk's questions about their job accomplishments ...
Elon Musk warns fed government workers who don’t respond to a second ‘what you accomplished’ email will face ‘termination’
The email request was utterly trivial, as the standard for passing the test was to type some words and press send!” Musk ...
Newsweek19h
Social Security Admin Tells Employees Musk Email Is Voluntary: Report
Aila Slisco is a Newsweek night reporter based in New York. Her focus is on reporting national politics, where she has ...