35 Surprising Companies That Are A Lot More Evil Than Meets The Eye

To learn more about how this conversation started, we reached out to the Reddit user who posed the question, "What’s an evil company not enough people talk about?" And lucky for us, they were kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda. "I hear a lot of ‘so and so company is bad’, for example Nestle ([screw] Nestle)," the OP shared. "There are so many it is hard to keep track of and there are so many terrible ones that go unseen. Reddit seemed an interesting place to ask that, as users often have weird and interesting information regarding there kinda topics."

"Some of the most unethical companies I have heard of, which are commonly consumed/bought from/used is Nestle, and there’s even a dedicated subreddit called [screw] Nestle, which really opened my eyes. There are countless others, unfortunately," the OP added.

We were also curious what the OP thought of their post's replies. "Most [of them] did not surprise me, many were about Nestle, naturally," they told Bored Panda. "But others were about different insurers, healthcare companies, and fast fashion brands. Otherwise, there were responses from people affected by unethical retirement and nursing companies, and surprisingly many about ‘fake’ charities, that act as tax breaks and legally pay almost nothing to their workers."

We also asked the OP if they believe there is such thing as an ethical company nowadays. "Companies can be ethical, but the moment they become a household name, for example, Apple, they have gone too far," they shared. "In order to get there, they must have put profits ahead of people, their egotism ahead of ethics. I’m sure there are many brilliant, morally uncorrupted companies, but unfortunately, it simply isn’t an effective way of making money nowadays."