Trump administration ends Musk's controversial 'five things' email for federal workers
The Office of Personnel Management said on Aug. 5 that it was nixing the controversial weekly email in which Musk directed federal workers to submit five accomplishments.
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration's "five things" email is going the way of Elon Musk.
The Office of Personnel Management said on Aug. 5 that it was nixing the controversial weekly email that Musk directed federal workers to submit, detailing their workload and five accomplishments when he oversaw the Department of Government Efficiency.
"We communicated with agency HR leads that OPM was no longer going to manage the five things process nor utilize it internally. 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 director Scott Kupor said in a statement.
Musk infamously declared that failure to respond to the email would constitute an employee's resignation. The late February announcement garnered strong pushback from department heads, and OPM soon told agency leaders that participation in the survey was voluntary.
OPM's decision to end the initiative entirely was first reported by Reuters. Musk left the White House in May and has since announced plans to form a third political party.