A desperate new hire on a mandatory trial period in a corporate warehouse discovers human remains in a crate and realizes that the job is set to take his humanity.

Think: Severance meets Black Mirror 

SYNOPSIS:

George Case is estranged from his wife and kids, but has just landed trial period — six night shifts in a corporate warehouse — for a stable job. His supervisor, Ritter, is friendly and even introduces Page Kaster who’s just finished her trial. She seems worn out, but ok, in a boilersuit. Case gets an old work vest and starts the job. It’s routine and robotic, but not too hard. As Case’s first shfit ends, he’s intrigued by some black crates and a door with a murmring in the back of the warehouse. These weren’t in his job description and seem to be another part of the corporation.

The next day before work, Case tries contacting his wife, but gets no answer right before he sees a new work vest in his locker. And the next surprise: he sees one black crate is unlatched… inside there’s a human hand! Or somehting just like it. Ritter promptly reminds Case that it’s not his department and he should just send a notice to “Human Resources.” Case warily obliges and soon gets good news for surprassing his shift quota. However, he still gets no answer from his family.

Determined to pass the trial and get the job, Case works the next days smoothly. And there are no incidents or anomolies. On the sixth day, Case spots some marks on his wrists. Kaster also had similar ones when they met on his first day… and speak of the devil, Kaster enters from the murmuring door to check the black crates. Case tries to greet her, but she just says they’ll meet after his trial and goes back through the door.

In his locker, Case sees a boiler suit. It’s just like Kaster’s. Changing into it, he notices marks on his legs as Ritter appears and says in a phrasing now recognized from before: “Now, if you could… finish your trial.”

Case walks back to the warehouse floor, to the door that now opens due to marks on his palm and he enters a dark corridor leading to an office where, among many others, Kaster is working at a computer terminal. Back in his office, Ritter is emailing a new hire for a trial as Case receives that very person’s biometric data and his first task: “Manufacture Android Copy.”