Undercover Boss Promotes Employee on the Spot!

By the end of the day, we got to have this whole place down, and there's insulation up in there, so we got to suit up. Okay, we got to have jackets, eye protection, hats. All right, now you ready for the fun stuff?

Let's do [Music]. I'm out of breath as I'm wearing this mask and the goggles, and your goggles fog up while you're on a ladder trying to pull down a ceiling. Let's get this out of the truck, and then we can take a little breather.

There you go, you got it! Woo! Good job!

All right, let's eat. I'm hungry. One week, I worked 74 hours, 74 and a half hours, at the military housing base.

We had a flood come through here, and all the roof collars leaked. What motivates you for all that? Here, these are my two kids: that's Natasha, 14, and that's Hunter; he's nine.

My daughter Natasha, I said, "Make me lunch every day; I'll give you a dollar a lunch pail. " But you know what? If I had to go out and pay for lunch every day, it's 89 bucks.

And you were in your own business, you said, "14 years"? Yep, I was doing over 500,000 a year in sales. I went in the whole 20 grand on one job, and then in the fall, I got hit again with a $10,000 shortfall.

Well, that's 30 grand, but you got to maintain the debt. Then I kept buying into the home equity line to keep going. So how much work is there here, though?

What if there's not a leak tomorrow? Then I'll hustle. You know, so you run more than one job at a time?

Oh yeah. Well, when I heard Joe was doing side jobs, I had a pit in my stomach for a moment there because it's really not something that we like to have happen; it would potentially affect the response time they would have in the event of an emergency. We got to get back.

Got to get back to what we're doing. We sit here; I can chitchat all day. Don't let it get the best of you, Bo Doggies!

Joe, I know you've been with us a short while, but I see the talent in you. However, I know that you're doing side jobs, and I really like you to spend your time and energy securing work for Belfor in the future, and so I would like to promote you to project manager. I'm in!

I've watched you, I've listened to you, I've observed you, and as a result of that, I want to advance you $10,000 on your commissions that I know you'll be making as a project manager. It's amazing! In addition, I would also like to help you jumpstart the process of paying down some previous debts, and I'd like to give you an additional bonus of $110,000 for yourself as well.

Thank you! I don't know what else to say. [Music] This opportunity that Sheldon has presented to me will definitely change my life.

Did that just happen?