Chair Elon Musk asked federal staffers to respond to a personal productivity email or get fired – not all federal agencies complied. While some leaders of federal agencies voiced support for the Office of Personnel and Management (OPM) email instructing staffers to provide a summary of the tasks they accomplished the previous week by Monday at 11:59 p.

Some agencies told employees they don't have to respond to OPM and Elon Musk's directive to list their accomplishments.

Twenty-one civil service employees have resigned from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they're refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.”

Twenty-one federal tech employees resigned instead of helping DOGE, saying they will not use their skills to "dismantle critical public services."

Federal workers across agencies told Business Insider they were frustrated and upset by the DOGE productivity email sent Saturday.