India, March 6 -- Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, the parent firm of apps like Facebook and Instagram, has 'block' lists to prevent some fired employees from being rehired by the company, Business Insider reported.

According to few former employees that Business Insider spoke to, Meta maintains lists barring a few former employees from rejoining, despite having good performance records.

While such lists aren't illegal, they are unusual, employment and human resource experts said.

An unnamed engineer, who is still trying to rejoin the company, was fired by Meta during the company's mass layoff of 10,000 employees carried out in 2022. The engineer had worked with Meta for over four years.

They had consistently received 'Exceeded Expectations' r...