A federal employee argued that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) demand for accounts of what she accomplished last week was a “evident attempt to harass the workforce.”
Doge Chief Elon Musk has announced that federal employees could report their performance last week or lose their jobs.
On Monday afternoon, MT Snyder, field examiner for the National Labor Relations Committee, spoke to CNN host Brianna Keilar about how angry she is in an email.
Federal employees spoke to CNN about how Elon Musk-Lead Doge sent an email requesting federal employees who share their work accounts last week.
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“I received this email on a Saturday around 3pm,” she said.
“This is clearly an attempt to harass, bully and intimidate federal workers from Elon Musk. The federal workers have been disrupting the federal workforce, privatizing public sector services, and more like his own. It's part of his broader plan to help businesses get more profits. Snyder really makes me mad and makes my colleagues a colleague too.
Federal workers further insisted that she was still waiting for guidance from her agency and would not respond unless her agency or supervisor instructed.
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Elon Musk spoke at CPAC at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland on Thursday, February 20th. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)
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“The external entities sending this email have no legal authority over me,” she said. “And the HR Office's own explanation of this email program, even with this large federal email program, all replies are voluntary. So this is all big to enforce federal employees. It's a threat, and I think everything we need to do now is a big threat. In fact, we can oppose this, and return to work that serves the American public. You can go back to working with me.”
She, on the one hand, insisted that she “will be totally happy to talk about the work I'm doing”, but still, “I will not do it in a way that violates the integrity or privacy of my work.” did.
Emma Colton from Fox News contributed to this report.
