On Saturday, employees throughout the federal government received an email from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), demanding a reply with 'approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week.' On X, Elon Musk posted that failure to respond 'will be taken as a resignation.' The result' Confusion, chaos, and resentment among a federal workforce that increasingly feels under attack. 'So fucking dumb,' says one air traffic controller who received the email and was granted anonymity for fear of retribution. The National Air Traffic Controllers Association, the union that represents ATC personnel, told its members not to respond until Federal Aviation Administration leadership provided guidance. Leaders of many agencies appear to have been caught off guard. At the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which houses the National Weather Service, some managers initially cautioned against replying to the email in case it was a phishing attempt. Another NOAA employee says...
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