Elon Musk's team has begun a mass layoff of federal workers, The Washington Post reported Wednesday night. The Post obtained a copy of an email sent Wednesday morning to staff from an official in the Office of Personnel Management stating that sweeping layoffs had begun and were overwhelming the agency,
A rift appeared to open Sunday between some of President Donald Trump’s agency heads and Elon Musk, the billionaire tasked with reforming the federal government, over Musk’s demand that all federal employees state their weekly accomplishments or risk termination.
Multiple federal agencies appeared to be caught off guard by the Elon Musk-directed email from the Office of Personnel Management.
All probationary staff at the Office of Personnel Management were fired on Thursday in a conference call and given less than an hour to leave the building in Washington, two sources familiar with the dismissal told Reuters.
All probationary staff at the Office of Personnel Management were fired on Thursday in a conference call and given less than an hour to leave the building in Washington, two sources familiar with the dismissal told Reuters.
The deadline given to federal employees by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Elon Musk over the weekend is quickly approaching, but widespread confusion remains as agencies tell workers they may not have to reply.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -All probationary staff at the Office of Personnel Management were fired on Thursday in a conference call and given less than an hour to leave the building in Washington, two sources familiar with the dismissal told Reuters.
Elon Musk has responded on social media to another user mocking an email from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) asking federal workers to summarize what they did over the past week in five bullet points.