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Time of India
21 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai actress Suzanne Bernert on partner Arjun Hardus birthday says, 'Best gifting is our time for each other'
Actress , popularly known for featuring in shows like Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai and Kasautii Zindagi Kay is in a relationship with Delhi-based Arjun Hardas, who works with an NGO. She is currently located in the capital with him and the duo are living their life filling love for each other. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now On his birthday (July 2), the actress made every possible effort to make him feel special. She shares, 'It is a special day for me, as it marks the birthday of Arjun, the love of my life. We both are completely different but getting more and more in tune. Best gifting is our time together. Our taste in movies and OTT is completely different but we watch each other's favourites. So that broadens the horizon. I never imagined learning so much about aviation and wars in my life and I don't think he imagined watching The Devil Wears Prada because of Anna Wintour's Resignation. I love our chai talks in the middle of the night." She continued, "It's a willingness to learn from each other and also understand that we both had different lives before. I just love how kind, super smart he is and a very good listener. He has a very solid friendship circle! And who your friends are reflects on who you are as a human being. I can keep writing about us. No cake but a Blueberry Cheese Jar on his birthday (smiles)." For Suzanne, her world revolved around her former husband, actor Akhil Mishra, whom she married in 2009. His untimely demise in September 2023 left her devastated. But as they say destiny has its own plan, Arjun came into her life and helped her to move on. Previously she shared, "After Akhil's passing, I had stopped meeting people apart from work. I spent most of my time confined at home. However, I pushed myself to travel to Delhi to attend a friend's housewarming party last December. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now While I was in Delhi, Arjun connected with me, and we met. Soon we became friends and gradually grew closer. Today, we are in sync with each other emotionally and it feels like we've known each other for a long time. ' On the work front, Suzanne has been part of several TV shows, including Kasautii Zindagi Kay, Jhansi Ki Rani, Sanskaar Laxmi, and Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat. She has also featured in films like No Problem, The Accidental Prime Minister, and the Telugu film Yatra 2. Reliving Memories Ft. Shivangi Joshi |Birthday Special| |Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai|
CTV News
13-05-2025
- Politics
- CTV News
Independent B.C. MLAs deny allegations of racism as sovereignty clash continues
An Okanagan First Nations community is calling for the resignation of Independent MLA Dallas Brodie after controversial comments.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
'As Long As You Had A Pulse You'd Be Hired,' Says A Worker, Longing For Another Great Resignation With 'Ridiculous Salaries' And Remote Jobs
A Reddit post on r/WFH has resonated with hundreds of remote workers and job seekers who recall the early days of 2021 as a rare window of opportunity in the U.S. job market. The original post, titled 'We need another Great Resignation,' has racked up over 1,000 upvotes in just two days. 'As long as you had a pulse, you'd be hired,' the poster wrote. They reminisced about a time when companies, after laying off workers during the early COVID lockdowns, found themselves desperate to fill positions again. Wages spiked, work-from-home jobs exploded in availability, and employees had the upper hand. Don't Miss: Deloitte's fastest-growing software company partners with Amazon, Walmart & Target – Hasbro, MGM, and Skechers trust this AI marketing firm — . 'It truly was the golden age,' one user commented. 'I was very optimistic about the future, it felt like employees were finally getting a lot of the power back.' The Great Resignation, which peaked between 2021 and 2022, saw millions quit their jobs in search of better pay, benefits, flexibility, or simply to escape toxic workplaces. Employers responded with higher salaries and more remote-friendly policies to stay competitive. 'We have no incentive to give it our all,' another commenter shared, claiming their company pays less than $20 an hour despite bringing in $52 million in revenue. Seasonal workers are brought in instead of offering better pay to existing staff. 'Cut the fat, pay us what we're worth.' Trending: It's no wonder Jeff Bezos holds over $250 million in art — The mood now is far less optimistic. Many users pushed back on the idea that another wave of mass quitting is even possible. 'It's not that easy to get hired anymore,' one user said. 'People still have to live.' Others pointed out that the 2021 surge in resignations was made possible by a unique mix of government stimulus, eviction freezes, and a booming job market. Those conditions no longer exist. 'COVID had massive spending to compensate for that,' one person wrote. 'You're talking 2008. That was not good. People suffered.' Several users expressed anxiety over job security. One admitted to quietly job hunting after five years of remote work, worried they'd be fired for a minor audit issue. 'New doors, new chapters, right,' they commenters called for deeper structural change: stronger unions, more local businesses, and better protections for workers. 'The only time in American history this was achievable was when unions were strong,' one user said. Others took a more cynical view. 'Hard to have a great resignation at the same time as mass layoffs,' one comment read. Still, there is clear nostalgia for that short-lived period when employees felt like they had the power to demand more. As one person summed it up, 'Now there's frighteningly few fully remote jobs left. At least for my role.' Despite economic uncertainty, AI-driven downsizing, and rising costs of living, many in the thread still hope for a shift back to a worker-friendly market. But as it stands, that moment feels further away than ever. Read Next: Many are using retirement income calculators to check if they're on pace — Inspired by Uber and Airbnb – Deloitte's fastest-growing software company is transforming 7 billion smartphones into income-generating assets – Image: Shutterstock UNLOCKED: 5 NEW TRADES EVERY WEEK. Click now to get top trade ideas daily, plus unlimited access to cutting-edge tools and strategies to gain an edge in the markets. Get the latest stock analysis from Benzinga? APPLE (AAPL): Free Stock Analysis Report TESLA (TSLA): Free Stock Analysis Report This article 'As Long As You Had A Pulse You'd Be Hired,' Says A Worker, Longing For Another Great Resignation With 'Ridiculous Salaries' And Remote Jobs originally appeared on © 2025 Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved. Sign in to access your portfolio
NBC News
06-02-2025
- Politics
- NBC News
Education Department staff warned that Trump buyout offers could be canceled at any time
Top officials at the Department of Education told staff Wednesday that if they accept the Trump administration's deferred resignation package, the education secretary may later cancel it and employees would not have any recourse, potentially leaving them without promised pay. The Office of Personnel Management sent notices last week to federal employees that if they resign by Feb. 6, they could continue receiving pay and benefits until the end of September. The Trump administration is hoping to get as many as 10% of the workforce to quit as part of a plan to shrink the federal bureaucracy. But three Education Department officials told NBC News that Rachel Oglesby, the department's new chief of staff, and Jacqueline Clay, chief human capital officer, described significant caveats to the so-called Fork in the Road offer in an all-staff meeting held over Zoom on Wednesday. The officials did not want to be named for fear of retaliation. The Education Secretary would be allowed to rescind the agreement, or the government could stop paying, and employees who took the deferred resignation package would waive all legal claims, the three officials said they were told in the meeting. The three employees say they have only seen sample resignation agreements so far, and would need to agree to resign by Thursday evening before they see the actual terms of their separation. 'It sounded like a commercial for a used car dealership, like, 'Act now, one day only,'' said one department official who attended the meeting. The Education Department did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday. A spokesperson for the Office of Personnel Management said that this was false, and pointed to a memo that states the resignation offer's 'assurances are binding on the government. Were the government to backtrack on its commitments, an employee would be entitled to request a rescission of his or her resignation.' However, the memo includes a sample agreement that includes a clause that agency heads retain the sole discretion to rescind the deal, and employees waive the right to challenge it before the Merit Systems Protection Board, "or any other forum.' A sample deferred resignation agreement specific for Education Department employees includes similar language, according to a copy obtained by NBC News. Across the federal government, pressure has been mounting from the Trump administration to take the buyout offer. In an email to federal employees Tuesday following up on the original buyout proposal, OPM wrote, 'Please note the Deferred Resignation program ('Fork in the Road') expires at 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday February 6th. There will not be an extension of this program.' More than 40,000 people have taken the buyout offer so far, according to a White House official, out of a federal workforce composed of over two million individuals. There is deep concern among federal workers that the Trump administration's buyout offer could turn out to be a bait-and-switch, with the government potentially failing to hold up its end of the bargain. The comments from Education Department management only worsened those concerns, the three employees said. 'The morale is pretty bad,' a second official said. 'One of the managers I work with just said he hasn't seen any emails in the last four hours since the meeting ended, because everybody just kind of had the life sucked out of them.' A third employee described the tone of the call as angry, as workers put questions in Zoom's chat box but then did not receive responses. The unusual buyout offer has upended Washington, D.C., amid a flurry of executive orders and maneuvers by Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk, who is head of Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, an office within the White House. In the span of two weeks, Trump and Musk have launched a sweeping effort to remake the federal government, slash spending and even eliminate some agencies. Many Democrats and some Republicans say that Trump and Musk are violating constitutional limits on the presidency in ways that are unlawful and that are precipitating a constitutional crisis. Some labor unions for federal workers have sued to stop the deferred resignation program, arguing that the Trump administration does not have legal authority to offer such buyouts. Federal government labor unions and Democratic attorneys general have warned federal workers that they may never receive the promised resignation benefits, and characterized the offers as an attempt to intimidate them into quitting. Trump has nominated Linda McMahon, the former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO and head of the Small Business Administration in his first administration, to be Education Secretary. No confirmation hearing is scheduled yet. There are other staffing changes coming to the Education Department that may arrive before McMahon does. The department expects to conduct layoffs, known as Reduction in Force, the three department officials said they were told during Wednesday's meeting. Oglesby, the chief of staff, and Clay, the human capital officer, did not share when those will take place or which offices will be hit hardest by them during the meeting. Education Department staff will also need to come into the office daily by Feb. 24. Clay told staff that department leadership is working to find another federal building for remote employees to work from within 50 miles of their home. Trump has said he wants to eliminate the Education Department, which would fulfill a longtime dream of the Republican base, but is supposed to take an act of Congress to achieve. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that the White House is weighing executive action that could dismantle the department in a piecemeal fashion, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Elon Musk Looks to Stick a Fork in Federal Government Workers
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On Tuesday night Elon Musk pinned an old post to his X account cheekily recalling his 2022 'Fork in the Road' email to then-Twitter employees, offering the workers of the company he'd just purchased a chance to 'be part of the new Twitter' by simply clicking 'yes' by the end of the following day. Those who didn't respond were informed that they'd receive three months' severance. 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 email described the offer as 'Deferred Resignation,' and stated as its purpose reforming the federal workforce 'significant[ly],' but is light on the sort of details that would typically accompany severance offers. What the email does concede is that the 'majority of federal agencies are likely to be downsized through restructurings, realignments, and reductions. ' Anti-tax zealot Grover Norquist's dream of shrinking government to a point where it could be drowned in a bathtub may finally be on the verge of realization. By its terms, workers must accept the terms before Feb. 6, and include the form 'Deferred Resignation Letter' in the email, drafted in the language of the worker, and it contains legal concessions such as voluntariness, not to mention acceptance of terms that simply aren't spelled out in a manner one would expect when departing a job that comes with so many inherent rights and obligations. Besides the eight-month severance, which Musk described on X as 'the most that is legally allowed without Congress passing another appropriations bill,' those opting in would enjoy the additional carrot of not having to return to the office in person five days a week, as recently mandated by a Trump executive order. Perhaps unsurprising to anyone who has followed his adventures before Delaware's Court of Chancery, Musk's assessment as to what is legal may be wrong, given the existence of the Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment Authority, which appears to cap severance buyouts of federal workers at $25,000. But is this even a severance offer if you're still required to work? Well, no, and probably also yes. The email carefully dances around the term 'severance' (again, it's a 'deferred resignation'), even if Musk himself—the likely author of last night's email, or at least its inspiration—referred to it as exactly that. But the email and memorandum (not emailed but available on the OPM's website) both suggest that workers opting in could be placed on administrative leave until the resignation actually kicks in on Sept. 30, 2025. Setting aside the legal question, there's an obvious economic concern as well: Where is this buyout money coming from, which would be well in excess of $25,000 per worker, if the money isn't already appropriated by Congress? Perhaps, one might argue, the question is moot because the salaries coming off the books would pay the additional severance. But that's speculative math. Sen. Tim Kaine took to the Senate floor last night to underscore the money question: 'The president has no authority to make that offer. There's no budget line item to pay people who are not showing up for work. … If you accept that offer and resign, he'll stiff you.' As difficult as it is to imagine the president of the United States stiffing anyone, anything seems possible in this precarious moment, where we find ourselves again waking to a new, fresh horror unleashed by a president who repeatedly and intentionally breaks things in reliance, only sometimes misplaced, that his judges will jump in and fix them. If the courts decline to bail him out, the always victimized Trump can always declare the loss a witch hunt and target a new enemy. However this plays out in court—if it even gets there—the email serves a secondary (or perhaps even primary) purpose beyond downsizing. It signals to civil service workers who stay that unless you drink the Kool-Aid, you are not welcome, and your work life will be made miserable. The email cites as one of its four 'pillars' the idea of a 'more streamlined and flexible' workforce that is likely to be restructured, realigned, and reduced through furloughs and reclassifications. In other words, Take the deal on the table because I'm telling you here and now that behind Door 2 lies your nightmare. The email's fine print describes the offer to workers as a 'dignified, fair departure from the federal government,' but the tone is unmistakable: The incoming administration doesn't value their work, and for many, doesn't believe their work should exist. This email comes only days after workers received the DEIA memorandum gut punch, intending to root out 'DEIA sympathizers' by pitting worker against worker, splitting them along purely ideological lines. The Deferred Resignation email similarly takes this opportunity to threaten workers who engage in 'unlawful behavior or other misconduct' with 'appropriate investigation and discipline'—menacing language that feels preposterously out of place in an offer to resign. It's difficult to imagine federal workers—a selfless and proud group by nature, who often intentionally took less money because they believe in their work and this country—responding favorably to the implied threat. And that, I suppose, is the point. The U.S. federal government bears no resemblance to any company or private entity, but Elon Musk just treated all its workers like twentysomething coders at a startup that the hedge fund guys don't think is going to work out, and based on my conversations with friends who are federal workers, it's a travesty, because we're on the verge of finding out how good we had it, and how crucial their work was, the hard way—by losing it entirely.
