RIP Musk’s ‘5 Things’ Emails

Federal agencies are informing staffers that they no longer need to comply with an Elon Musk directive to submit summaries of their work each week.

Federal workers are hailing the Trump administration’s move to halt the practice, which Musk launched in February during his time leading the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. Musk warned in February that a failure to respond would “be taken as a resignation.”

The requirement for employees to submit “five things” they had done prompted widespread frustration and panic among some workers. Some saw it as a waste of time, while others feared that the content of their responses could cost them their jobs as the Trump administration pursues widespread federal layoffs.