SORRY WE MISSED YOU by Ken Loach

1.Watch this extract and say what type of leadership it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuBWDVE6LiY
a) Where does the scene take place? In the UK or the US? In a house or a warehouse?
b) How many characters? Links? Ricky and his boss/ leader / manager
c) What is the main protagonist’s job? He works as a delivery man
d) What is the name of the company he works for? He works for Pdf, a company that delivers parcels
just
e) What is a franchise? A franchise is an agreement with a company which rules you accept to
follow.
f) What is the type of contract he has with this company? He is independent, just
like UberEat workers. He has a zero-hour contract and is paid on the number of
missions he is given.
g) What is the problem between these characters? He is reproached withhaving
brought his kid in his own van.
h) How did the boss got to know it? He was told by a client / customer who
phoned his manager.
i) What about Ricky’s feelings and reaction? He is surprised cause he owns his
own van and pays for his insurance. Pdf gives him no money for that.
CONCLUDE on the leadership type

2. Why do you think Ricky has just changed his job? What about his expectations?
He probably wishes he would
He certainly wishes to …
He probably hopes for…
3. Type of job? Conditions ? Watch the trailer and and take notes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IrK4nfrLzc&t=79s

a. Job security in being a franchisee? Tick the right answering.

• Contract  full time  part time  zero-hour

• schedule  free to organise his own  schedule controlled by the

schedule company
• leaves & day off  authorized  not authorized
• holidays  when he wishes  depend on the activity
• money  wages  fees
• responsibility
in case of accident  the employer’s responsibility  the employee’s

• fines or tickets  the employer’s responsibility  the employee’s

• NHS  Ricky gets paid  Ricky doesn’t get paid
• sanctions  no sanction  can get sanctions
4. Watch the trailer once
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysjwg-MnZao
5. Read these questions, watch the trailer for a second time before answering:
a) what about the situation? b) how many characters? Links?
□ In the UK
□ A bachelor and his relatives
□ In New Zealand
□ A single parent family
□ In the United States
□ A whole family and an employer
c) what about his family?
□ He can plan his own work so he can spend time with them.
□ He works too much so he has no time to care for them anymore.
□ Everything runs smooth except at some period of the year like Christmas.

d) what about the main protagonist’s job?

 □ He works for a boss and deliver parcels
□ He is his own boss as a delivering driver
□ He runs his own delivery company
□ He is employed by an industrial group

6. DISCUSS : ‘Gig economy is making families falling apart.’ Do you agree or disagree?