Elon Musk caused alarm among federal employees and drew ire over an email sent on Saturday requesting that employees summarize their work for the week, and warning on social media that a failure to do so would be taken as a resignation.

Federal workers faced conflicting guidance from the president, their agencies and union leaders around a request to detail their professional accomplishments over the past week.

Elon Musk sent government employees into something of a frenzy over the weekend after posting an ultimatum on X: Federal employees have to send an email saying "what they got done last week" or risk losing their jobs.