Monday's deadline | List achievements or resign: Musk's HR memo prompts federal chaos

Federal agencies are gripped in a state of chaos and confusion after a memo issued by the government’s HR body on behalf of Elon Musk, ordering them to list their accomplishments by the end of Monday or resign.

On Saturday, Musk took to X, stating that “all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week,” in line with instructions from President Trump. “Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”

Federal employees were subsequently sent a short but emphatic email by The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the government’s HR agency: “Please reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and cc your manager.”

OPM confirmed the email was legitimate in a statement to CBS. "As part of the Trump administration's commitment to an efficient and accountable federal workforce, OPM is asking employees to provide a brief summary of what they did last week by the end of Monday, CC'ing their manager," it said. "Agencies will determine any next steps."