Federal workers don’t have to answer Elon Musk-prompted emails outlining what they did in their job last week, despite the Department of Government Efficiency figure’s announcement that failure to do so would amount to resignation, The Post has learned.

Officials at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) have notified human resource bosses across multiple agencies that responses to the emails — which were due at 11:59 p.m. ET — were “voluntary,” according to a source familiar with the situation.

OPM also instructed multiple HR departments that failure to reply to the email did not mean automatic termination — despite the Tesla and Space X boss’ warning to the contrary.

Multiple government agencies and departments had already instructed their employees not to reply to the email demanding a list of five bullet points detailing what they achieved in the previous five working days.

President Trump had defended the Musk-directed effort hours before OPM’s guidance circulated.

“I thought it was great because we have people that don’t show up to work and nobody even knows if they work for the government,” the president told reporters in the Oval Office Monday. “What he’s doing is saying ‘Are you actually working?’”

This is a developing story. Check back for more information.