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 Social Security Administration told employees on Sunday that an OPM email on worker productivity is a chance to highlight "important work."
Elon Musk attacked an official in the Department of Defense who dared to criticize his ultimatum ordering federal workers to detail their work accomplishments or face losing their jobs. Things popped off after a government-wide email asking federal employees to provide a detailed breakdown of what they’d done over the past week was sent out on Saturday by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
Confusion continued Monday as Elon Musk’s deadline for federal workers to detail their accomplishments from the previous week continues to be met with mixed messages.
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.
One VA employee said they were "furious" to see leadership's advice that they justify their jobs to Elon Musk.
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,
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.
Some agencies told employees they don't have to respond to OPM and Elon Musk's directive to list their accomplishments.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and a coalition of privacy defenders filed a lawsuit in New York on February 11 asking a federal court to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing the private information of millions of Americans that is stored by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM),