Elon-ification of the federal government

The ‘Muskification’ of the federal government is in full swing
In November 2022, days after Elon Musk took control of the company then called Twitter, employees received an email with the subject line: “A fork in the road.” Now he’s turned his attention to the US government,
Elon Musk Is Running the Twitter Playbook on the Federal Government
Elon Musk is only one week into his role in President Donald Trump’s new administration, but the US federal government is already rolling out the Twitter playbook to manage its spending and personnel.
Trump's government-worker buyouts are feeling a lot like Musk's Twitter in 2022
The new administration is emailing government employees draft resignation letters. Musk sent a similar email to Twitter staff in 2022.
The Elon-ification of the federal government
A workforce discombobulated by chaotic recent events receives an email with the subject line "Fork in the Road." Inside, a deadline to quit or commit to the new mission. That's the scenario Twitter employees faced in Nov.
Elon Musk Looks to Stick a Fork in Federal Government Workers
On Tuesday night Elon Musk pinned an old post to his X account cheekily recalling his 2022 “Fork in the Road” email to then-Twitter employees, offering the workers of the company he’d just purchased a chance to “be part of the new Twitter” by simply clicking “yes” by the end of the following day.
Trump cribs Musk’s “fork in the road” Twitter memo to slash gov’t workforce
Echoing Elon Musk's approach to thinning out Twitter's staff in 2022, Donald Trump's plan to significantly slash the ...
‘Fork in the Road’ Email: Trump’s Federal Workers Buyout Offer
Federal workers received an email offering them the option to accept a ‘deferred resignation program.” Learn what it means ...
Déjà Vu: Elon Musk Takes His Twitter Takeover Tactics to Washington
Federal agencies have offered exits to millions of employees and tested the prowess of engineers — just like when Elon Musk ...
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Popular X Account Points Out Suspicious Similarities Between Federal Buyout Email and Infamous Musk Email to Twitter Staff
Users are pointing out the parallels between an email sent to federal employees by Donald Trump's administration and an email ...
Trump’s Federal Buyout Memo Has Echoes of Musk’s 2022 Twitter Purge
A new memo offering "deferred resignation" to all federal employees seems to be taking its strategy from Musk's chaotic ...
Shadows of Musk in the Government’s Buyouts Plan
President Trump’s chief cost-cutter cheered an effort to persuade federal workers to quit — in a fashion that closely ...
Trump to federal employees on ‘fork in the road’: Quit now and collect eight months’ pay for nothing
President Donald Trump plans to grant all federal employees, including those unable to comply with a strict return-to-office ...