Documentary Nice to have

Les Délivrés (Thomas Grandrémy, France 3 / LCP)

Algorithmic management

What can I learn?

A documentary film following delivery workers (Damien, Clément, Arthur and others) as they organise collectively against algorithmic management. Less analytical than Invisibles — more emotional and human-centred, focusing on how algorithmic control affects workers' sense of dignity, autonomy, and collective action.

Core insight

Algorithmic management does not just change pay — it reshapes identity, solidarity, and political consciousness. Workers who understand the system can contest it; those who don't tend to internalise its logic.

How to use it in daily work

Powerful complement to more analytical resources — puts a human face on abstract concepts of algorithmic subordination.

  • Watching this alongside Invisibles gives you two registers: the structural/analytical (Invisibles) and the personal/political (Les Délivrés) — useful depending on what your client needs.
  • The scenes of workers organising are a useful starting point for conversations about collective digital rights versus individual complaint mechanisms.

Time

~52 minutes

Cost

Free on LCP replay

Note

Made in 2020; the LCP DébatDoc episode adds a panel discussion with researchers and a former delivery worker, adding context.