Posted on 03/29/2015 3:15:13 PM PDT by raybbr
Things haven't gone too well for the former CFO who criticized Chick-fil-A in a video he posted on YouTube. Unable to find lasting work, 37-year-old Adam Smith is living on food stamps with his wife and four kids in the RV they call home, he tells ABC News. "I think people are scared," Smith says of potential employers. "I think people are scared that it could happen again." Back in the summer of 2012, as thousands of people were opposing Chick-fil-A's stance on gays, Smith rolled into a Chick-fil-A drive-thru for a free glass of water and slammed the female attendant: "Chick-fil-A is a hateful corporation," Smith told her as the filmed the exchange. "I don’t know how you live with yourself and work here. I don’t understand it." Smith posted the video before returning to work at Vante, a Tucson-based medical manufacturer—and the proverbial you-know-what had hit the fan by the time he got there.
The receptionist told him "the voicemail is completely full, and it’s full of bomb threats," he says. Fired that day, Smith lost his $200,000 salary and more than $1 million in stock options. He and his family moved to Portland, where he got a CFO job, but lost it two weeks later when they realized who he was.
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I’ve already enjoyed it quite a few times, and I expect I’ll continue to enjoy it each time it’s posted!
Usually I’m annoyed by repeated threads, but for some reason that’s not happening with this story.
I was just thinking about that video last week. I wondered what happened to that douche.
I remember the girl at the window reacted with more grace then I would have.
I wonder if anyone at Chick-fil-A has offered to bring the guy any free food. After all, it would be the Christian thing to do (suppressing laughter until I finished typing).
Nice. It took awhile before I noticed your tongue-in-cheek post(s). :)
I don't think anyone delights in his misery. Most would like to see him learn a lesson in humility (which he apparently has not learned), but no one likes to see someone and his family suffering. The problem is that he created this situation for himself. This 'CFO' decided to be an arrogant blowhard and created a confrontation by picking on an hourly worker. He videotaped it, and he posted it on Video.
Think about that, He took the video. He reviewed it. He posted it. He thought this was something that portrayed him in the best light.
This is now his permanent resume. If it had been surreptitiously recorded, some prospective employer might cut him a break - because who hasn't said something stupid in private.
IF he was proud of these actions - how does he actually act in private? It is a very difficult job market. If you are going to hire a high level executive who needs to manage people with respect and honesty -- who is going to hire this guy? Companies can't take chances unless the guy brings some obvious greatness to the table (e.g., proven engineer, programmer, skills, etc). The only known skills this guy brings to the table are arrogance and disdain for those with job titles below his own. I wish the guy no ill will, but sorry, he is not worth the hiring risk. He did this to himself. The best he can try to do is to start again from the bottom, but even then - if you are a company you'd best start with a new College Grad.
this guy should have known.
It’s ABC...
Antecedent Behavior Consequences.
I said something similar on another thread - The behavior @ CFA was likely not an isolated incident.
You know what’s most disturbing? That this man is a father of children and will transmit his values to them.
Is his wife a doosh too? I wonder what kind of lady would remain married to that.
I see that you have said this on every one of these threads.
Don’t we have enough already?
Yes, I did get rather carried away last night. Shows what happens when you drink and FReep. Trying to live it down today, though. Perhaps some Hair Of The Dog might help. :)
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