Department of Government Efficiency head says he wants to test whether federal employees are ‘capable of replying to an email’

Summary

Elon Musk admitted that his mass email to federal employees demanding weekly accomplishment reports sent to him or risk termination was a test to gauge responsiveness.

Musk tried to frame the move as a “pulse check” on bureaucrats.

The email caused confusion, with some agency leaders advising staff to ignore it, while others initially instructed compliance before reversing course.

A rift emerged as top officials at the FBI, Pentagon, State Department, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Energy openly defied Musk’s directive, highlighting tensions within the administration.

  • OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    Most of America is “at will”, so yes you can fire people for blinking. It gets more complicated with unions and companies internal policies, and you’d still need to pay severance.

    But basically you can always do a musk. Pretend the firing was a resignation and let it drag slowly through the courts, and refuse to settle.