The request for employees to outline their job accomplishments has been met with pushback from departments and agencies.

Elon Musk’s demand that federal workers report what they had accomplished last week or lose their jobs is causing chaos and confusion as conflicting directives from the Office of Personnel Management and agency leaders leave employees unsure whether they need to respond or not.

Federal workers spent Monday trying to figure out how – or even whether – to respond to Elon Musk’s weekend email blast telling them to explain their work last week or risk losing their job.