In President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s latest move targeting the federal workforce, employees began receiving emails Saturday afternoon asking them to explain what work they did last week, as Musk announced that “failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.

Elon Musk caused alarm among federal employees and drew ire over an email sent on Saturday requesting that employees summarize their work for the week, and warning on social media that a failure to do so would be taken as a resignation.

Musk initially said the request was a 'very basic pulse check,' but now says it will root out 'non-existent people or...dead people' who are collecting paychecks. Several agencies are telling employees to ignore the email for now.

In an email Saturday, announced first by Elon Musk with a post on X, federal workers were given until Monday to explain “what they got done last week” or lose their jobs. Cristian Benavides reports.

Some civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind closed doors.

Elon Musk is demanding federal employees justify their work or resign. Corey Brettschneider and Heath Mayo join The Weekend to discuss the bizarre email that's unnerving government agencies.

Federal employees are on edge after weeks of mass firings and President Donald Trump urging Elon Musk and his DOGE team to “get more aggressive” on government cuts. Musk and his team emailed federal workers asking them to breakdown what work they did last week and said on X,