Mysterious Blocklist Prevents Former Meta Employees From Returning

Meta reportedly maintains secretive lists of former employees who are prohibited from returning to the company. Some who have reapplied were even courted by their former managers, only to be ghosted after recruiters found they were on a mysterious “ineligible for rehire” list. Former employees are not told when they are added to such lists; some only learned about it after cajoling recruiters for information. Meta conducted mass layoffs in 2022 and 2023, letting go of tens of thousands of employees in successive waves in order to make the company leaner and more efficient. Some former employees told Business Insider they reapplied not because they like Meta but because the pay was good. “It’s the worst company I’ve ever worked for,” one said. “But they also pay the best. If I could get in there for a couple more years and make bank, I would do it.” Unfortunately, however, at least dozens of these individuals have been iced out during the application process, even if they had met or e ... Read full article.