You got laid off. Now your boss wants you back.

Maria Colacurcio, CEO of Syndio, said she regretted AI-driven job cuts.

Courtesy of Syndio Boomerang workers are on the rise.

Amazon and other companies are trying to rehire former employees, including some they laid off.

One CEO told Business Insider she rehired someone after realizing restructuring had moved too fast.

In the AI era, leaving a company or role may not mean forever.

On Wednesday, Business Insider reported that Amazon is trying to recruit back workers it previously laid off.

They're not the only company dialing up former employees.

One CEO of a small tech firm said she laid off staff, hoping AI would suffice — only to regret it.

Another company more than doubled its boomerang hires in the last two years.

And in a related staffing reversal, Meta asked some of its recently reassigned employees to become managers once again .

Call it an AI-era boom in boomerangs.

The type of rehiring happening at Amazon and elsewhere is broadly on the rise.

Revelio Labs, which analyzes employment data, found that by the end of 2025, 3.4% of new hires in the US were former employees, up from 3.1% two years earlier.

It comes as companies increasingly point to AI when announcing layoffs.