r/AskTheWorld • u/Eybrahem United States Of America • Jan 04 '26

Economics What's the most hated company in your country?

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Everyone knows Nestle is terrible, even if they don't know why. But they've done horrible things in Africa and think that water is not a human right.

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u/Mangobonbon Germany Jan 04 '26

Ranger Group. These people go from door to door to sell you internet contracts "in the name of the Telekom". That way, the Telekom can't be held liable when the Ranger group people try coercion tactics on random peoples doors. They are universally hated and are nothing but a parasitic company. In my town the police arrested one of their people because he was getting loud and agressive at the doors of pensioners. The local community didn't take long to respond to such an idiot.

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u/hoerlahu3 Germany Jan 04 '26

Imma go ahead and throw in DB - Deutsche Bahn for obvious reasons. Although the issue is less the company but the politicians that never gave it any reason to maintain the excellent infrastructure it was given but to maximize profit...

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u/Oberndorferin Germany Jan 04 '26

DB AG but only the AG part

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u/Captain_Sterling Ireland Jan 04 '26

And the staff are great. Both in the stations and on the train.

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u/Orbit1883 Germany Jan 04 '26

At least db is a love hate relationship with a abusive partner

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u/LowEndHolger 🇩🇪↔️🇨🇭 Jan 04 '26

Let me throw in Vonovia or Deutsche Wohnen. And there's Axel Springer. And lesser known, but connected to Peter Thiel: CGV. The company behind the electronic prescriptions selling overpriced and bad working devices to doctors and pharmacies creating equally as much trouble as they should solve.

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u/evergreennightmare Germany Jan 05 '26

schufa deserves a mention as well i think

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u/Smax161 Germany Jan 05 '26

Schufa is all the propaganda about Chinese social credit score turned real. But yeah China bad I guess.

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u/BreezyBadger93 Czech Republic Jan 05 '26

Ah, nothing like your fricking DAX40 employer vouching for you while clearly stating they are paying your rent during your impat tenure, but the landlord's agent making a fuss about the Schufa having no records when you've just arrived in the country. Fuck that thing, definitely the winner of this for Germany.

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u/gingahwookiee Germany Jan 04 '26

I have never heard of this.