Around the same time as Musk’s post, hundreds of thousands of federal workers received an email also titled “Fork in the Road,” with a similar offer: Simply send an email to the Office of Personnel Management with the word “Resign” in the subject line, and you’ll receive eight months’ pay, so long as you reply before Feb. 6.

The buyout offer that just went out to millions of US federal workers has the subject line, “Fork in the Road,” which is the same subject line Musk used when he gave his “extremely hardcore” ultimatum to Twitter employees in 2022.

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.

Elon Musk is seemingly taking the “efficiency” part of his new role very seriously. The Donald Trump ally, who was appointed as head of the Department of Government Efficiency, told multiple associates that he’s been sleeping at the DOGE headquarters,

In a move straight out of the Twitter and Tesla playbook, Elon Musk is apparently camping out just steps away from the White House.