The response to Elon Musk’s “What did you do last week?” email to federal employees suggests that there may be limits to how far he can push the government’s work force.

Milwaukee VA employees were first advised to comply with an Elon Musk directive to detail their work accomplishments, then were told it's not required.

More than a million federal employees complied with Elon Musk’s directive to list five accomplishments in the past week, according to the White House. “I can announce that we had more than one million workers who have chosen to participate in this very simple task of again sending five bullet points to your direct supervisor

President Trump said Elon Musk’s directive to federal workers to list five accomplishments from last week was “somewhat voluntary” after Musk said a non-response could lead to “termination.” Meanwhile,