Meta and Salesforce are looking to re-hire some workers they just laid off. It's putting those people in an awkward spot.

• Some Big Tech companies that early this year were cutting workers now want some of them back.
• They are ramping up hiring in hot areas like artificial intelligence.
• How the company handled the layoffs might determine whether workers are willing to go back.

It's not the call you'd expect to get: The company that laid you off wants you back.

Do you go? It's a question that many of us might think we know the answer to: Hell, no! Yet, for some workers, the calculus is more complex.