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

Good thing all those banks and oil companies did great things for the U.S. and the rest of the world.

I know lol, I was being more facetious than anything haha. I think they are hated, but I personally wouldn't have thought #1 overall.

It would have been nice if the article linked in this thread would have at least linked to the original article somewhere.

http://247wallst.com/special-report/2012/01/13/the-10-most-hated-companies-in-america/

It looks like the criteria they used dealed mostly with stock performance, customer satisfaction, and employee satisfaction.

@WadeFan: My sarcasm detector must have been malfunctioning. I was a MCD shareholder for a while, nice dividend, but I got sick of holding a sideways stock in an epic bull market (still made a tidy profit from capital gains and divy payments). They really took a swing and a miss on their chicken wing campaign.

Or my sarcasm is malfunctioning lol. But yeah, I was mad when they got rid of the Selects haha. Those were so good lol.

Guess you don't live in a big city :P a 20m2 (220 sqft) studio apartment is about $1000/mo

1 bedroom apartment approx 40m2 (440sqft) easily go for $2000/month

Nope. Rural America is very cheap. You can find a 1 bedroom apartment for less than $500/mo. Most states with high urban populations set the minimum wage above $7.50.

I'm not saying that living off of $7.50 would be desirable or easy, but if you don't have a family to support, that is just enough money for you to live on while getting an education or getting your life in order to find something better. The problems with the wage stem from people who want to make a career out of taking orders at McDonalds or have a wife/kids with no education or real means of supporting them.