Elon Musk, in a move that’s both absurd and Orwellian, has decreed that federal employees must now pen a bullet-point ode to their own productivity, or else face the specter of job loss. It’s like a modern twist on ‘Two Minutes Hate,’ where instead of being beaten up, they’re threatened with termination for not writing enough about their achievements. The only thing missing is the mandatory Orwellian 2-liter of Victory Gin at lunch. It’s no surprise that the ‘department of government efficiency’ has run into some pushback, especially in departments where the job is to keep us safe or ensure the skies don’t plummet into chaos. The email has become a national meme, complete with a ‘fail to comply and lose your job’ warning, which sounds less like a memo and more like a child’s bedtime threat. If only it were just an email, but no, it’s another symptom of a government that’s more about show than substance. Bravo, Musk, you’ve turned the workplace into a game of ‘guess what I accomplished this week’ — and if you guess wrong, it’s goodbye, goodbye, you’re fired!
Read from: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/24/elon-musk-federal-workers-chaos