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> This appears to be a targeted cut of insubordinate or redundant individuals. What a wild take! Only some of sooo many reports all over the media 5-6 days ag

> This appears to be a targeted cut of insubordinate or redundant individuals. What a wild take! Only some of sooo many reports all over the media 5-6 days ago that you somehow missed: "Key US agencies tell staff not to answer Musk email on what they did last week" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0qrj20g5vo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0qrj20g5vo "Elon Musk’s Federal Worker Emails: Agency Leaders Can Decide If Employees Must Reply, White House Says" https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/02/25/elon-musks-federal-worker-emails-agency-leaders-can-decide-if-employees-must-reply-white-house-says/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/02/25/elon-mu... And the latest from today: "Some government employees are instructed — again — to not respond to 5 things email as Musk doubles down" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/01/5-things-email-national-security-00002746 https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/01/5-things-email-nati...

dcow 2y ago
Sounds like insubordination.
- deleted 2y ago
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- sarchertech 2y ago
  Most of the agency heads telling employees not to respond were just installed by the President within the last few weeks. They answer directly to the President. The email was sent by someone at OPM who also answers directly to the President. The President has issued no formal orders regarding these emails. He did issue an executive order telling employees to comply with DOGE requests but this email came from OPM not DOGE. There whole thing is an unclear clusterfuck.
- blactuary 2y ago
  A previous memo from the exact same email address as the "5 bullets" email told employees that this email account was being established as a way to communicate with every single federal employee at once, and stated clearly that no one was obligated to reply to any messages from the email account. They can't even figure out what the hell they are doing and be consistent with their own messages. Once again, you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.
- ceejayoz 2y ago
  A judge has ruled otherwise. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/27/opm-firing-probationary-federal-agency-employees-judge-ruling-00206615 https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/27/opm-firing-probatio... > A judge ruled Thursday that the Office of Personnel Management — the central human resources office for the federal government — broke the law when it ordered other federal agencies to terminate thousands of “probationary” employees. > “OPM does not have any authority whatsoever under any statute in the history of the universe to hire and fire employees within another agency,” the judge said.

dcow 2y ago

Sounds like insubordination.

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sarchertech 2y ago
Most of the agency heads telling employees not to respond were just installed by the President within the last few weeks. They answer directly to the President. The email was sent by someone at OPM who also answers directly to the President. The President has issued no formal orders regarding these emails. He did issue an executive order telling employees to comply with DOGE requests but this email came from OPM not DOGE. There whole thing is an unclear clusterfuck.
blactuary 2y ago
A previous memo from the exact same email address as the "5 bullets" email told employees that this email account was being established as a way to communicate with every single federal employee at once, and stated clearly that no one was obligated to reply to any messages from the email account. They can't even figure out what the hell they are doing and be consistent with their own messages. Once again, you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.
ceejayoz 2y ago
A judge has ruled otherwise. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/27/opm-firing-probationary-federal-agency-employees-judge-ruling-00206615 https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/27/opm-firing-probatio... > A judge ruled Thursday that the Office of Personnel Management — the central human resources office for the federal government — broke the law when it ordered other federal agencies to terminate thousands of “probationary” employees. > “OPM does not have any authority whatsoever under any statute in the history of the universe to hire and fire employees within another agency,” the judge said.