Federal employees will no longer have to meet Elon Musk’s demand that they list their weekly accomplishments in an email or risk termination, the Trump administration said Tuesday.
“We communicated with agency HR leads that OPM was no longer going to manage the five things process nor utilize it internally,” Office of Personnel Management Scott Kupor said in a statement. “At OPM, we believe that managers are accountable to staying informed about what their team members are working on and have many other existing tools to do so.”
OPM, which is essentially the human resources department of the federal government, also said it “plans to support agencies as they transition to rigorous performance management to include regular check-ins.”
Federal workers began receiving emails in February asking them to explain what work they did during the week.
“Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week,” Musk posted on X that month. The tech billionaire also said “failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”
