When Ahmed Mousa wanted to return to the tech firm Deel, he texted CEO Alex Bouaziz a selfie of the two of them with another colleague.
“hey! ready and fully committed. when can we recreate this photo?” Mousa wrote to Bouaziz.
The cofounder quickly replied, writing in part: “Which team”
Roughly 48 hours after that exchange, Mousa, who’d spent about five years at the HR and payroll platform, was talking with a Deel recruiter about the details of his return, nearly four months after he left.
He had become a “boomerang” employee. Mousa is not alone. Rehires at Deel more than doubled between 2024 and 2026, the company said.
Nationally, 3.4% of new…
