The request for employees to outline their job accomplishments has been met with pushback from departments and agencies.

Musk’s directive to federal employees to justify their jobs falls flat as the Office of Personnel Management says it's safe to disregard his message.

Billionaire Elon Musk, who is leading Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency scouring government agencies for suspected waste, delivered a warning Monday to workers on his platform X. “Starting this week, those who still fail to return to office will be placed on administrative leave,” Musk wrote.