CNN's Attempt At Garnering Sympathy: Federal Worker 'Felt Absolutely Infuriated' Getting Email…

Posted • February 24, 2025: At the request of Elon Musk's DOGE, the Office of Personnel Management sent emails to federal employees a couple of days ago giving them until midnight tonight to provide a list of five things they accomplished in the previous week. Having your employer ask about what you've been working on won't sound abnormal to most people who have worked in the private sector (and maybe even certain areas of the public sector), but it triggered many federal employees and their union. Elon Musk said that the purpose is to see if federal employees are even bothering to check their emails and also to root out government email addresses that aren't connected to an actual employee. Those who don't respond have been warned: —— Elon Musk @elonmusk: “Those who do not take this email seriously will soon be furthering their career elsewhere.” https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkbPepWXEAAg264?format=png&name=900x900 —— Trump explained it a little further:

President Trump on DOGE emails: "I thought it was great…by asking the question, 'tell us what you did this week' what he's doing is saying 'are you actually working?' and then if you don't answer, like you're sorta semi-fired or you're fired…" —— Meanwhile, you knew CNN would have only the hottest of takes about this. Brian Stelter admitted that to a lot of Americans this seems like common sense but tried to explain why it really isn't: Brian Stelter: “It makes a lot of sense, in theory, to go and ask all the employees what they're doing…To a lot of Americans, this makes perfect sense…! It's actually nonsense, but it SOUNDS like common sense.” —— It's funny how Tater started on the right track but then realized it would help Trump and Musk, then decided to drive the whole thing off a cliff. Common sense is nonsense but only if some media clown declares it so. Uh, if my boss asks me what you have done this week, I am going to tell him or her. It's not hard.

Federal Worker: "I got this email Saturday afternoon…I felt absolutely infuriated getting this email with a demand within 48 hours to provide a response on what I did in the last week…" —— If an email describing your work is too difficult and infuriates you, you should be fired. It's amazing that the media seems to think these kinds of defenses are garnering sympathy for these federal workers. (…)

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