Life and Death in the Warehouse

Drama

Drama

Warehouse work is now the most realistic option in many places for young people leaving education. Hidden behind a firewall of paranoid secrecy, distribution centres are the Victorian workhouses of the present day. Pregnant women routinely fall below their target `pick rates', and are subjected to constant CCTV and algorithmic surveillance, self-enhancement plans, and obsessive monitoring. Inspired by real-world events from Britain and around the world, the series tells the story of a young Welsh worker Alys, who falls pregnant. Her childhood friend Megan joins the warehouse on a fast-track manager scheme, and is given the task of getting Alys' pick rate back up.