Many companies are evil. We know that Nestle steals water, that Johnson and Johnson covered up toxic baby products, and that BP spilled a gazillion barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. But there are hundreds of companies that are just as bad, and not all of them have the name recognition that those brands do. Here are 22 companies that are awful, but get away with it in the public eye. 

One company in the public eye right now is Red Lobster, which has filed for bankruptcy. While many patrons theorized that people had eaten a few too many shrimp in the restaurant's famous unlimited shrimp deal, the truth is much more frustrating. In 2014, the restaurant was sold to the private equity firm Golden Gate Capital, a group that proceeded to sell off all of Red Lobster's land, lease it back to Red Lobster, and raise the rent. I'd say that Golden Gate Capital sounds pretty awful, but they're hardly the world company on this list.