US government workers were asked to list their accomplishments from the past week in an email on Saturday. They were told to do this or resign, as the Trump administration aims to reduce the federal workforce. The email came after Elon Musk, a close associate of Trump, said that employees would receive a similar email soon. If workers didn’t respond, they would be considered to have resigned.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the government’s human resources agency, confirmed the email’s authenticity. They asked employees to explain what they did last week in five bullet points by Monday. The largest union for federal workers criticized the email as disrespectful and promised to challenge any unfair terminations.
Musk claimed that many government workers were not working hard enough. He said that his team found evidence of fraud where people were being paid for doing little or no work. The Trump administration supported Musk’s efforts to cut government spending by reducing the workforce.
Vocabulary List:
- Accomplishments /əˈkɑːmplɪʃmənts/ (noun): The successful completion of a task or goal.
- Resign /rɪˈzaɪn/ (verb): To voluntarily leave a job or position.
- Authenticity /ˌɔːθenˈtɪsɪti/ (noun): The quality of being genuine or real.
- Criticized /ˈkrɪtɪsaɪzd/ (verb): To express disapproval of someone or something.
- Terminations /ˌtɜːrmɪˈneɪʃənz/ (noun): The act of ending or dismissing someone from a job.
- Support /səˈpɔrt/ (verb): To bear all or part of the weight of; to hold up.
