[tharne]

> A frustrating feature of large silicon valley companies is that if you leave the company and come back later you will typically have better compensation than if you had stayed.

Unfortunately, that's true of almost all large companies. It's one of the dumbest polices out there, but virtually every big corporation does it.

[imtringued]

This basically means workers do not have any negotiating power by themselves. They only have negotiating power when they have a competing offer.

[HelixEndeavor]

Or rather that negotiating power only has any teeth if they know you're serious.

[wil421]

Yup, the first company I worked for even had a name for them “retreads”. The VP of my Org was a former director hired back as a VP. It was a well known path to get a better job.

Maybe I will be a retread one day but the other practices the company does leaves a very sour taste in my mouth.

[zoover2020]

Aka boomeranging