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[quote=Anonymous]You sound really, really reasonable and responsible in your post -- as well as considerate and worried about how all of this will appear to them.  I think you won't go wrong if you just approach the conversation exactly like this.  Nothing you said set off alarm bells, and I think you sound like you'd be respectful but also firm.

I would focus on the fact that you feel you owe it to the next group of people you're working with to see through this position for a bit longer.  Say you've been working on some projects that are about to get really exciting and you feel like it would be a sad time to leave right now.  Emphasize that you eventually may ("may," not "would") love to come back to your old company but that you feel like you gave your previous job there a good run and you want to see this one through to a similar extent.

Perhaps emphasize that you want to learn more outside of the company before you move back to it -- that you feel this will be an important educational experience that you don't want to pass up.

Ultimately, if you don't want the job, don't take it.  Don't let anyone talk you into anything you don't want to do.  And if they are really truly that pushy, you DON'T want to work with or for them, so don't worry too much if you burn those bridges!!![/quote]

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