Musk publicly wrote on X that “failure to respond will be taken as a resignation” — something that was not noted in the email blast. He was adamant that “the bar is very low

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been given little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week, sparking confusion across key agencies as billionaire Elon Musk expands his drive to slash the size of federal government.

Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency make a new attempt to cut government spending and reduce the federal workforce.

Federal workers began receiving emails Saturday asking them to describe what they did last week — as Elon Musk warned on social media that, if employees fail to respond, it will be taken as a resignation.

"Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week," said the post. "Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.