An article highlights the troubling trend of employees being unknowingly blacklisted from former employers, often for years, without any recourse. While experts deem block lists legal, they raise significant ethical concerns as employees are unaware and lack the means to appeal such decisions. Recent revelations about Meta's secret lists have sparked discussions among many affected workers across various sectors, who report denied opportunities despite strong performance records. Many employees share experiences of being ghosted by recruiters or marked as ineligible to be re-hired, often citing workplace politics as reasons for their blacklisting.
One former employee from the consulting industry who described their experience in an email to BI said that they found themselves on a block list after they quit because of workplace politics. This employee said that they found out they were on a list from the company's HR department after applying to multiple roles since they left. 'To make matters worse, [I] confirmed that it's still happening even after eight years of leaving,' they wrote, adding that they were exploring legal options.
A former employee of a major chip company who was part of a wave of layoffs in 2015 said they were told they were 'banned for life' from working at the company despite a promotion and a raise right before the cut. 'Why? No one seems to know,' they said.
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