Former employees and managers have been left in the dark about what it takes to get off Meta's block list.

Former Meta staff and current executives say the company's formal no-rehire list sometimes blackballs capable veterans for arbitrary or petty reasons that are virtually impossible to overcome.

Meta maintains an internal “do not rehire” list of former employees who are not welcome back at the company — even on the recommendation of a vice president, according to a report.

“Careless People” recounts uncomfortable encounters between Joel Kaplan, now Meta’s vice president of global public policy, ...

Meta maintains an internal "do not rehire" list that prevents former employees from rejoining the company. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Meta reportedly maintains secretive lists of former employees ...

Some of the tech companies that have laid off employees this year include Meta, Microsoft, Intel, Amazon, etc. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, who runs the Department of Government ...

Before the job cuts kicked off, a leaked internal memo from Meta, which Business Insider viewed, revealed that its managers were given the green light to lay off high-performing employees if they ...