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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Vishwam Sankaran

Second Musk email arrives ordering all federal employees to justify their roles

Federal employees have started receiving another round of emails ordering them to explain their accomplishments at work as part of a drive by president Donald Trump and his “first buddy” Elon Musk to cut government staff numbers.

The first email, which was sent a week ago, asked employees to list five things they achieved at work in the past five days, adding that failure to do so would be taken as a resignation.

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