Barely a week after mass firings at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the US Government has decided that they want them back, amid ongoing Elon Musk chaos

Elon Musk caused alarm among federal employees and drew ire over an email sent on Saturday requesting that employees summarize their work for the week, and warning on social media that a failure to do so would be taken as a resignation.

The agency changed course just days after firing employees who oversee the safety of food and life-sustaining medical devices. Dozens of workers said they and others were back at work Monday.

Elon Musk has drawn inspiration from his 2022 takeover of Twitter with the tactic. His threat on social media of termination did not appear in an email to federal workers requesting the work summaries.

The reversal is the latest example of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s chaotic approach to cost-cutting, which has resulted in several agencies firing, and then scrambling to rehire, employees responsible for nuclear weapons, national parks and other government services.

The Food and Drug Administration recalled nutritional supplemental shakes tied to a deadly outbreak of listeria. The products were sold nationwide and primarily to hospitals and long-term care facilities.