Musk caused alarm among federal employees over an email sent on Saturday requesting that employees summarize their work.

Elon Musk has taken a page out of his own playbook from his initial takeover of Twitter, announcing that an email was sent to nearly every federal worker urging them to provide a list of recent accomplishments or face getting axed from their positions.

Some civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind closed doors.