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Re:Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much ... by justinlardinois on Friday March 18, 2016 @05:37PM (#11315332)
Admittedly I'm American and I've never worked for Amazon, so my situation might be different than yours.

But what? Returning to the employer you quit from seems like a terrible idea. If it was years later, maybe you could explain it away with interview BS like "changing direction" or "finding your place."

But months later makes you not much better than the guy who shows his boss an offer from another company to negotiate a raise. It might work in the short term, but then you're branded as a flight risk. The next time they need to lay someone off (or if you slip up and they have a legitimate reason to fire you) you'd be high up on their list of disposable employees, perhaps moreso because you're more expensive than you were before.

Re:Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much ... by bezoslave on Friday March 18, 2016 @06:55PM (#11315925)
People leaving and rejoining Amazon is supercommon. That includes Principals. It feels like most people who have been at the company for 8+ years have been out of the company for some of the period. And you can even get the colored badge for tenure from non-consecutive employment.
Re:Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much ... by amzthrow23424 on Sunday March 20, 2016 @05:23PM (#11324739)
Maybe in the past, but not in the future. People are much more aware of Amazon's "peculiar ways" thanks to the media. People in Seattle have far, far more options these days.