Released from job lock.
Via Daily Mail
An ex-CFO and Chick-fil-A protestor who lost his job after posting a video rant against one of the chain’s employees has since lost his home and lives on food stamps.
Adam Mark Smith, 37, who worked for an Arizona-based medical device manufacturer, was shamed after the 2012 YouTube video was posted showing him berating employee Rachel Elizabeth.
The video which expressed his disdain over the firm’s anti-gay marriage stance went viral, and left him unemployed and forced to lose his home.
Nearly three years later, the married father of four is still searching for a job and his family previously had to give away possessions before he was hired and fired again, according to ABC.
At the time he was working as CFO for Vante, Smith was earning $200,000 annually and had more than $1million in stock options, but he said it was all taken from him when he was fired.
His 2012 firing was reported on the same day as the counter-protest against Chick-fil-A’s Appreciation Day as thousands of gay couples flocked to restaurants to kiss during the summer of 2012.
Things were looking rough for Smith and his wife, Amy, along with their four sons after they lost their home and moved into an RV.
But there was silver lining for him and the chance for a new start when he was offered a new job as a CFO in Portland a few months later.
‘I felt like, “yeah, I got it. I am back”,’ he said.
However, nearly two weeks later, he was fired once again after his boss realized he was the man from the video.
As the incident continues to haunt him, he said he does not regret the stand he took but he regrets the way he spoke to Elizabeth.
While Smith is unsure if the incident will ever go away, he has turned to meditation, and has written a memoir, A Million Dollar Cup of Water: Discovering the Wealth in Authenticity.