Mtr Foods Pvt Ltd

The Bommasandra Industrial Area is a busy, noisy place to be every day. Mtr Foods Pvt Ltd has this big setup here, and it is a lot different from a small kitchen. When you walk into the area, you can often smell the spices being ground or the sambar powder being mixed. It’s a strong smell that stays on your clothes even after you go home. My job is mostly about watching the lines and making sure everything is moving right. It gets very hot near the machines, and the noise is constant, so you have to raise your voice to talk to the person next to you. We don’t have a fancy lobby or anything like that for us workers. We just have our stations and the break room where we eat our lunch quickly. People see the packets in the store and think it’s all very simple, but there are hundreds of us here making sure the seals are tight and the boxes are packed. The commute to Bommasandra is long for many of us, stuck on the highway for an hour or more. But this is the work. We keep the machines running and the floors scrubbed. It’s hard work, and your hands are usually stained with some kind of spice or oil by the time the shift ends. It’s just how it is in a big food factory.