Ouch! Website names the 10 most-hated companies

Facebook is on the list. Does that sound right to you?

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These are a few of the areas evaluated by 24/7 Wall Street, an online news outlet that provides analysis and commentary for U.S. and global equity investors, when it compiled the 10 most-hated companies in the U.S.

In addition to consumer research, 24/7 Wall Street also looked at company financials: earnings, profit forecasts, product development and quality, and brand valuations.

The website explains: “Some of the corporations on this list also have had to fire significant numbers of employees due to the recession. Downsizing causes poor morale, increases the workload of the remaining staff and affects customer satisfaction when service is poorer.”

There a few surprises including Facebook and Johnson & Johnson, and a couple of obvious ones in Netflix and Bank of America.

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