[no_wave]

>A few people from my team who left for other companies have already come back within months.

Ask them if they got a pay bump when they came back.

[throwaway89949]

No, there is a pretty strict policy where boomerangs within a year return to the comp they were at. Any unvested RSUs are re-distributed over 4 years.

[arcanus]

Or a level increase. Easy to boomerang and come back at a level higher. Can be more certain than going through an internal promotion process!