Elon Musk says federal workers have one more chance to list their accomplishments via email: 'Failure to respond a second time will result in termination'

Elon Musk, sitting in a chair wearing all black and black sunglasses, lifts his finger while speaking (Credit: Valerie Plesch / The Washington Post—Getty Images)

• Federal workers over the weekend were asked to respond to an email with their accomplishments over the past week or risk losing their jobs. After several agencies pushed back, telling staff to ignore the email, Elon Musk, who's leading the Department of Government Efficiency, doubled down on Monday evening, saying government employees "will be given another chance. Failure to respond a second time will result in termination."

On Saturday, workers for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) received an email with a subject line saying, “What did you do last week?” It asked federal workers to reply with five examples of what they accomplished over the past week and cc their supervisors—and if they did not respond by Monday at midnight, they’d risk losing their jobs.