I had lunch with 2 ex-colleagues, and we all have strange relationships with my previous company. One guy resigned and I persuaded him to rejoin the company within 3 months of his departure; another guy just resigned without a job; and then there's me who resigned but was offered a position (which just got axed due to headcount freeze).

Regarding jobs, someone suddenly pointed out that what you cannot protect doesn't belong to you. But I think in general, even something you can protect doesn't mean it belongs to you.