 Barney loses his job again. To help his neighbor, Fred attempts to meet his boss Mr.Slate to offer Barney a job. However, Fred is reluctant to say Mr.Slate is unable to hire any employee. The next morning, Fred is forced by Barney to take him at the Slate Gravel Pit. While meeting Mr.Slate, Barney discovers he has "family ties" with the boss and the latter gives him a job as executive. Fred is not amused by this, but must accept the fact that Barney is the boss, facing the cost of losing his old job. But he takes his distance radically from his neighbor, who also starts to have second thoughts about this new job...