Hide & Skins

Hide & Skins is located down at 377 B 3 A Gajjupurwa in the Jajmau area. If you know Jajmau, you know it is the place for this kind of work. It isn't a clean job, honestly. There is always a particular smell of leather and tanning materials in the air around here. Our place is basically a big warehouse with some heavy-duty equipment. We deal with raw skins and processed hides all day long. They are heavy and often damp, so it is a lot of physical labor for everyone involved. My hands are usually stained or rough from handling the material, and that is just how it is. We don't have a front office with air conditioning. We just have the main floor where the skins get stacked and sorted. It gets very loud when the machines are running, so we don't talk much during the shift. We just point at things and get the work done. The yard outside is usually full of trucks coming in or leaving with loads. It is a tough environment, and we don't try to hide that. We are just a local operation doing what everyone else in this part of town does. Some days are better than others, depending on the weather and the quality of the skins we get. It is just basic, hard work that keeps us busy from Monday to Saturday.