EA not worst company in America in 2013. Only 3rd.

New link to article because is HERE AND ALIVE

Seems that Electronic Arts has gained to points somehow but it's still unrealistically low. But at least it was not first. now it seems Mcdoanlds is the winner followed by AF and then EA.

So EA is still the most hated game company.

Who the hell is deciding the order?

Well I guess you can't win every year, they didn't gain points they just haven't uped their being a complete douche bar enough this year despite releasing broken games.

Apparently the "people" of a specific group is asked that is in the category of "?????"

Who hates McDonald's?? odd lol

Edit: Fixed link

So MCDonalds, Abercrombie and EA are the 'winners'. They are so hated, yet make a lot of money and people love to buy from them.

I guess negative publicity is also publicity.

That's the saying, "All publicity is good publicity". Even when they do wrong, the\y are doing right.

@WadeFan: Yeah, that's the saying I was looking for :P. And to be the most hated, you have to have a lot of people a) know your brand and b)have bough a product from you to hate it. So being on this list is actually really positive I would say.

I do think A&F deserve their flac, thier hiring practices and the general attitude of the CEO and organisation are just absolutely deplorable in my eyes that how they think people wearing their clothes are essentially superior and better looking yet its the now flavour of the month with every jersey/geordie shore wannabe this side of the pond and best bit a program that glorfies detritus.

Mind you there are worse halliburton,Bank of America,Morgan Stanley,HSBC etc etc.

The SimCity launch is nothing compared to Battlefield 4 right now. The game was easily playable 1-2 weeks after release. Heck, I was able to play it during launch week unlike most people. Battlefield 4 has been out for how long now and is just now becoming the game it was supposed to be at launch? Ludicrous to blame it on SimCity, but it was far more publicized than Bf4 has been (mostly due to the way the game was made to work). Still, EA is the one to blame and not Maxis. EA has never given enough server support for any of their games. I've known this since I played Battlefield:Bad Company 6 years ago...

Oh, YOU'RE the reason the link no longer works. I though there was an error. Most m's don't do things like what you just did for a reason just syain.

McDonald's only sucks if you work there.

@Jakandsigz: link properly. It was working just fine.

So it's still not a bank that gambled our money away or a multinational that keeps it's money off shore to avoid paying any taxes via loopholes.

And nobody mentions Monsanto? The biggest bio company that specializes in genetically modified crops and infiltrate them by cross pollination?

I think the people who make these lists don't know too much about what they are talking about.

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In regards to the Gamepur link....where is their source? And why didn't they proofread their article before posting it? Its not a very professional website apparently.

This isn't the same site that named EA worst company in America. The Consumerist named them worst in 2012 and 2013.

http://consumerist.com/2013/04/09/ea-makes-worst-company-in-america-history-wins-title-for-second-year-in-a-row/

That is false. McDonald's in Denmark has been rated as the best work place (most satisfied employees) in the country for the third consecutive year.

It's not a bad place to work, especially for high school students. It's the amount of crap you get from customers, which to be fair, is part of retail/service. You have to take the good and the bad, and I got sick of dealing with unruly customers who feels self entitled.

I would never recommend working there as a career (especially if you have no chance of moving up), but you can do much worse for minimum wage on the side. It's pretty good for getting money on the side and buy yourself an extra game or two.

probably related to the war to raise minimum wage

The people wanting to raise it looked like complete idiots. I worked fast food in college, and it was stressful. They do deserve a raid in wage, but not as much as they seemed to think. I believe it was $15, which is stupid.

Anyone who hates unhealthy food. I like the taste of mcdees burgers, but yeah I avoid eating there like the plague

Maybe those who voted don't pay the bills.

you have 16 threads created just on page one....i think its time to go outside for once

I don't live in the US so I really have no opinion on whether or not the US minimum wage is fair

it varies by state

thats interesting.

in australia the minimum wage is $16.37/hr AUD. http://www.fairwork.gov.au/pay/national-minimum-wage/pages/default.aspx

so $14.71/hr in american monies.

but in australia they don't get gratuities, quite an american thing i guess. how the hell do people factor that in? are those taxed?

Man, I can't even imagine the McDonalds wages in Sim City.

@farrell2k: I worked there during High school and moved up to management. They get a bad rap for underpaying their employees, but it's a good, fun job for a high schooler.

@Mozelleple112: Really? Denmark must suck.

Why is McDonald's the most hated? From the employee perspective, they treat them quite well from what I've read. And no one is forcing anyone to buy McDonald's. The restaurant also has excellent customer service and has nutrition facts posted everywhere. Some people not liking their food shouldn't be a reason for worst company of the year.

Sim City was far worse. Maxis had to strip out gameplay features for weeks just to keep up with the servers. The game also turned out to be a big disappointment even with the online features fixed. BF4 had issues, but nothing on the scale of Sim City. BF 4 is also a good game, and people are willing to suffer through the crashes and bugs to experience it.

Only the 3rd most hated? I think this would be considered good news for EA.

*goes to buy a big-mac*

The US minimum wage is $7.25. Some states and communities have set the minimum wage higher than that. The minimum wage for tipped employees is only $2.13, but employers are required to pay their employees the difference if their tips do not add up to the $7.25 minimum. Tips are taxed, but almost nobody actually reports all of their tips. I suppose that as paying with cash has gone out of style, waiters aren't able to under-report as much as they used to.

A disgusting fast food joint. A clothing store for douche bags. And a greedy games company whose policy is to release broken games. A worthy top 3.

@WadeFan: A lot of the McDonald's hate comes from the way they compensate and treat their employees. Similar reasons that Wal-Mart is disliked.

No, I think its just that the USA is the worst country in the world, people think McDonalds is like it is in the US. Here in Norway, its pretty much the same in Denmark. High school students would love to work at McD. We get paid about NOK 150 per hour, which is $25/hr for making fast food, and at the end of the day you can bring home all the leftover hamburgers, nuggets etc that didn't get sold, so your closest 10 friends are going to love you after work.

I'm not saying McDonald's is the best place to work, as a white collar I would never work there, but for your average high school student / uneducated person earning $25/hour is pretty darn good. Also as lf these countries have low population most McDonalds stores are empty half the day and never get anywhere near as chaotic as they would in NYC, Chicago, Miami, Boston, Seattle, etc, etc.

Not to mention you get free healthcare etc, so you don't have to worry about that. I guess Scandinavian people are much nicer than Americans anyway.

What's McDonalds like in the US? 7 dollars per hour, no healthcare, longer work days, more hectic, more fat people on wheelchairs giving you lip etc...

@speak_low:

they have alot of bad press about the min wage buts thats also the states giving benefits to corporations also its not just mcdonolds pretty much any fast food chain and walmart. Mcdonolds also provides healthier alternatives nobody is forcing you to buy a big mac. Its your politicians fault you let mcdonolds under pay workers keep the profit then use tax dollars to support the workers.

I actually used to like Abercrombie some of their stuff is alright but their ceo is a scumbag saying he only wants attractive people wearing their clothes lol plus they only hire models

EA likes to nickel and dime their customers their mobile games are the absolute worst with microtransactions and paypass for used games

@PurpleMan5000: very interesting to know that about the min wage in the US. thanks for taking the time to reply. sincerely crownkingarthur.

EA shouldn't even be in the top ten. There are plenty of worse companies out there. People get too wrapped up over damn games and forget real issues.

It's not really that bad in the US. McDonalds employees start at minimum wage, but I'm sure they get raises and have the potential to move to management if they aren't bad at their job. Plus, workers in the US who don't earn much money pay zero federal income tax. That, plus the low cost of living in states with the $7.25 minimum wage make that money go a whole lot further than it would seem. It certainly isn't enough money to support a family, but if you are a bachelor with roommates, it's enough money to support yourself while you go to college, etc.

25 an hour ? wtf ? for working at McDonalds ? damn... my mother was an accountant here in NYC and she earned about the same.

Well I seem to gather that there is a sort of stigma related to McDonalds work, and this usually comes from the working conditions in America. As the largest economy in the world and most broadcasted country on the planet people tend to believe US = world. Where I'm from working there is not at all bad by any means in fact good pay, decent amount of benefits, easy to get promotions, people feel respected at work etc... and obviously it is pretty good in Denmark too. I'm sure its a great place to work in the rest of Western Europe too (Swizterland, Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, Ireland, UK, Germany, Austria, Finland, Iceland)

I still think the minimum wage in the US, despite lower cost of living is way too low.

I mean, $7.25/hr is about $15,000/yr. That's about 6 months rent for me : /

EA, McDonalds, and AF?

How about companies that actually ruin lives and kill people like Oil or Bank ones?

Just saw what A&F was... trully dispicable practices. And the fact its CEO is ugly as fvck doesnt help either

Where I live, $15,000 would cover about 30 months' rent.