Adam "SyncError" Pyle posted in the official Quake Discord that he is back on Quake Champions as of Monday, 31 August, for four weeks to finish the 1.31 update.

Back to work on Monday, for four weeks to wrap up the 1.31 update.

Not a new contract and not a rehire. He said he had remained an id Software employee and is now officially staying longer, though the extra four weeks only "delays the inevitable."

Not a contract, I'm just not being laid off (yet).

He also cut the wish list. No balance work in this window, and not enough time to implement, test, and ship public lobbies. The job is existing 1.31 work already underway.

He was in the July id Software cuts. After that the community petitioned for him to stay on QC; it passed 1,000 signatures in under three weeks.

Source: Plus Forward