February 24th 2025.
According to a report by NPR, social media users were quick to poke fun at Elon Musk, the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency, for threatening federal employees with job loss if they didn't respond to his daily task emails. Musk, along with President Donald Trump, has already let go of thousands of government workers since taking office.
Musk announced on his X app that, following Trump's instructions, all federal employees would soon receive an email requesting a summary of their achievements from the past week. He warned that failure to respond would be considered a resignation. The emails, sent by officials at the Office of Personnel Management, requested workers to provide a list of their accomplishments from the previous week in five bullet points, with their manager copied on the email. The deadline for submission was set for Monday at 11:59 p.m. ET, and classified information was to be excluded.
However, instead of taking the task seriously, social media users had a field day with Musk's request. Once his email address was made public, people began sending in humorous responses detailing their unconventional accomplishments. For instance, one user tweeted, "Here's what I did last week: Got blitzed on ketamine, ignored my children, tweeted 1,782 times, wore weird sunglasses inside, got humiliated by astronauts..." He even joked that he deserved to be fired for his antics.
Another user took things a step further by using the email as an opportunity to criticize Musk's controversial political views and actions. She listed her five accomplishments as "making sure everybody knows that you're an unelected immigrant Nazi bureaucrat, calling Republicans and asking them to speak out against you because nobody f****** elected you, posting about you being a Nazi across all of my socials, appeared on three podcasts to talk about you being a Nazi," and cleaning her cats' litter boxes, which reminded her of how much of a "humongous piece of s***" Musk is.
While some departments, like Health and Human Services under the leadership of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., demanded their employees comply with Musk's request, others raised concerns about the security of the email. Acting general counsel Sean Keveney even told his team to disregard the email, stating that he had not received any assurances that their responses would be protected.
Even high-level Trump allies, such as FBI director Kash Patel, ignored Musk's request and instructed his employees to do the same. It seems that Musk's attempt to increase efficiency and productivity within the government has backfired, with social media users using the opportunity to mock and criticize him. This incident serves as a reminder that sometimes, a little laughter can go a long way in making light of a serious situation.
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