'First Buddy' The controversial order of Elon Musk for all federal employees to send a weekly list of their performance has been a humiliating snag.
Employees in different agencies reported this week that when they tried to send their list with five things they achieved the last week, their e -mails bounced back, according to ABC News.
Instead, they received a message that the mailbox at the personnel management office is full and can no longer receive e -mails.
“The recipient's mailbox is full and cannot accept messages now,” read the return mail. “Try to send your message later or contact the recipient directly.”
The technical issue has affected employees of the IRS, Social Security Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services.
In the midst of the problem, some heads of the agency have ordered their staff to send their reports to another e -mail address.
For example, at the Ministry of Health and Human Services, employees received an e -mail on Monday: 'We are aware that e -mails … if not to arrange. Send your weekly performance to [an alternative email address] And CC your supervisor. '
In the meantime, with the Securities and Exchange Coo Ken Johnson, employees told you that if they received a Bounce back-e-mail ', then save your e-mail for your records, but otherwise there is nothing more that you have to do today in an e-mail seen through the stronghold.
The order from Elon Musk to all federal employees to send a weekly list of their performance, was a snag on Monday, when staff members said their e -mails bounced back
Musk originally asked federal employees to send their list of performance at the end of February as part of his efforts to reduce the federal government
Musk originally asked federal employees to send their list of performance at the end of February as part of his efforts to reduce the federal government.
It asked the employees to answer with 'approximately. 5 bullets of what you achieved last week 'and gave a deadline of that Monday at 11.59 pm to send their explanation about the work.
The Tesla CEO placed on X that each would not be reacted 'as a resignation'.
But some government employees bashes the guideline publicly as 'intimidation' and say that the requirement to justify their weekly tasks amounts to a 'hostile working environment'.
Some Trump -initiatives, including director of the National Intelligence Service Tulsi Gabbard and FBI director Kash Patel, have even instructed their employees not to respond.
In a message that was sent to civil servants, Gabbard wrote: “Given the inherent sensitive and classified nature of our work, IC employees should not respond to the OPM -E -mail.”
Patel has also made it clear that the FBI is in charge of all our assessment processes and carries out assessments in accordance with FBI procedures. “
'When and if further information is required, we will coordinate the answers. Pause any reactions for now, “he told his employees.
FBI director Kash Patel made it clear that the FBI is in charge of all our assessment processes and carries out assessments in accordance with FBI procedures'
Likewise, Secretary Marco RubioDefense minister Pete HegseethAnd Chief Kristi calls the Ministry of Interior Security also told employees that they had to ignore the controversial e -mail.
Musk tried to push back against the return and claimed that it is a 'trivial' task that is often done in the private sector.
But in the end a little more than a million people – less than half of all federal employees – responded to the E -mail in that first week they were asked for entries, Bloomberg reports.
In the month since then, several sources ABC News said that enforcement of the requirement has decreased – whereby some agencies and employees no longer submit their reports without having consequences.
An employee even told the outlet that some staff members openly mocked in their reports and say, “I don't think anyone is reading it.”
President Trump was forced to make it clear earlier this month that Musk is not responsible for hiring or shooting – and can only make recommendations to office heads
He also told cabinet members that they should be more selective if they continue to clean up their staff in the midst of continuous protests against the broad cutbacks of Doge
The lack of enforcement seems to have come after President Trump was Forced to make it clear earlier this month that Musk is not responsible for hiring or shooting – and can only make recommendations to office heads.
The president then told his cabinet members that they should be more selective if they continue to clean up their staff in the midst of continuous protests against the broad cuts of Doge.
Instead of following an 'ax' approach to cut the fat, Trump said he wants his secretaries to use a 'scalpel' for 'surgical' precision about whom they reject.
The cabinet meeting marked the first time that the president was willing to start Musk, and on Monday Trump seemed to suggest that the public work of the SpaceX CEO could be soon.
'We'll be at one point [where] We think that for the next two or three months we will probably be almost satisfied with the people who work hard and want to be a member of the administration and our country, “he said during a cabinet meeting.
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