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Meta maintains secret do-not-rehire list for ex-employees | Workers could be blacklisted simply for being disliked by a manager


Meta has laid off more employees than most since 2020 – an estimated 35,600. Business Insider reports that one of these was an engineer who lost their...

Meta has laid off more employees than most since 2020 – an estimated 35,600. Business Insider that one of these was an engineer who lost their job after four years at the firm despite being repeatedly praised by his managers and told their work was "crucial." There have been dozens of cases of laid-off workers who were ghosted while trying to get rehired at Meta, even when they had met or exceeded expectations during their previous employment at the tech giant. Business Insider spoke to five former employee, including two managers, who all said Meta maintains internal "do not rehire" lists of ex-workers.

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