Managers have hit walls trying to rehire former employees due to mysterious and unexplained blocks on their profiles.

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

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

Meta's secret block list has raised concerns of a decreasing talent pool for the firm. Some ex-employees have allegedly found themselves blocked from the company

A BI report about Meta's internal "block" lists has drawn attention from current and former HR professionals from companies including Google and Nike.

An engineer said despite the hiring managers expressing interest in hiring him, he would be ghosted by recruiters at Meta.