Anwar Almojarkesh (L) and Alan Chalabi (R) from England take a photo at Meta (formerly Facebook) corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, California on November 9, 2022.Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty ImagesA group of Meta workers who joined the company via a corporate training program say they are receiving inferior severance packages compared to other workers who were recently laid off.The employees are members of Meta’s Sourcer Development Program, intended to help workers from diverse backgrounds obtain careers in corporate technology recruiting. The Sourcer Development Program is part of Meta’s Pathways program, which helps people with non-traditional professional backgrounds obtain apprenticeships at the social networking giant for various roles.Nearly every member of Meta’s Sourcer Development Program, more than 60 workers, was let go from the company as part of its massive layoff of more 11,000 workers earlier in November, multiple Meta employees told CNBC.Several members of Meta’s Sourcer Development Program told CNBC they joined Meta in April as part of the company’s latest cohort. The employees said they were not contract workers and instead were categorized as short-term employees that received all the benefits of full-time employees, including insurance and retirement funds but not corporate stock packages. After completing the 12-month program, the employ …
