- A group of international engineers lost out on a "life-changing" opportunity to work at Meta just 3 weeks before their start date.A North African tech worker had packed his belongings and was ready to move to London for a "life-changing opportunity" at Meta when he received a call that abruptly stopped his plans.He said he was part of a group of engineers who had been admitted to Meta's Discover Production Engineering program, which the company describes as a 12-month program providing systems and software engineering training to people with non-traditional backgrounds that can lead to a full-time role for some participants.The canceled job offers come as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans earlier this year to implement a hiring freeze and shrink budgets as it contends with an advertising and revenue slowdown.The North African tech worker, however, said he would be open to applying to Meta again."