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The Office of Personnel Management and Elon Musk have been confusing federal workers with an email over the weekend.

It asked them what they're done over the last week.

After Musk tweeted that failure to respond will be taken as a resignation,

the Office of Personnel Management reportedly said on Monday that it was optional after all.

And behind these big headlines of resignation offers and layoffs,

there are countless unique stories, like from Elizabeth Anaskevich.

Elizabeth was working for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

until she got a memo at 8.30 at night in early February.

It was just, it was shocking, even though it was somewhat expected.

Today on the show, the personal story of how an energetic lawyer got knocked off from her dream career.

And what she thinks that might mean for whether the government can attract talented people

in the future.

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Elizabeth Anaskevich's career kind of began when she was just 14 years old.

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