Jindal Aluminium Limited, Bangalore

Working at Jindal Aluminium Limited, Bangalore is a bit of a daily grind, but it’s what we do. The address says Hisar, Bangalore, which is a bit of a funny mix-up for some people who visit, but we are right here in the Karnataka 125 005 area. We’ve been at this for quite a while now. The warehouse is always full of that metallic smell. It’s not a place for fancy clothes. I usually wear my old work shirt and boots that have seen better days. We don’t have any big slogans on the wall. Mostly just the sound of the machines and people shouting to be heard over the noise. It gets pretty hot in the afternoons, but we just keep the big fans running. My tea break is the best part of the morning. We sit on some crates and talk about whatever is going on in the neighborhood. It’s honest work. We don’t try to act like we are some big polished corporation. We are just people working with aluminium. Sometimes the deliveries are late because of the traffic, and we just have to deal with it. No use getting stressed. We’ve got a good group of workers here. Some have been here since they were young. It’s a steady life. We don’t need any marketing talk to explain what we do. The metal is there, the trucks come, and we go home tired but satisfied at the end of the shift.