crane operator

automation technician

millwright

loader

utility operator

JSW Steel Ltd

On a typical day, I would prepare my work area depending which section. For example: if I was in the Mag. section i would retrieve several tools to perform my duties. The tools are a beaker to measure the metal particles, a Black light, and yoke or use the coil system, 1 Mag. field indicator, and a single metal test strip. Induce a magnetic field in the specimen, Apply magnetic particles to the piping surface, View the surface, looking for particle groupings that are caused by defects, Demagnetize and clean the surface of the pipe. Repeat the cycle throughout the day. 

Working with this organization I was trained in house on Ultrasonic Testing -UT technique (shear wave beams) for the detection of flaws at or near the fusion line of a weld, or within the weld itself. Also the uses of Automated Ultrasonic Testing - AUT. Automate robotic deployment of UT probes and couplants. 

Management was very observant and sticklers for safety and co-workers were so distant that we became anti - social because of our focus on detail and production. 

The hardest part to the job was making it to your section in time for work because of the companies parking policy and the location of the individual sections due to the size of the company and distance from the parking area. 

The best part of being a NDT technician is that I get to see a lot of things most people don’t get to see and get to go a lot of places most people will never be able to go.

Take time to walk the mill to say hello to the employees and assist with questions or concerns. After returning to the office area, prioritize the day with the HR staff with a plan of action or assist them with any unforeseen issues. 
You soon learn the challenges employees work with daily, from workplace hazards (steel mill), weather, to personal issues. Working closely with the employees you realize to listen to their needs and become grateful but humble for this opportunity.  
Management supports the HR initiatives and works to ensure we have the tools but also allows us the flexibility to perform with the understanding of doing the right thing for the employee.
The culture is an ongoing event due to the many hazards within the mill, frontline supervisors who are in need of continued training and development for our future.
The hardest part of the job is terminating an employee. There is a level of humanity and knowing you are putting an individual out of work which affect the family is never easy.  HR is just the vehicle to a series of events and the employee didn't change behavior so you must do you job.  It should always be with respect and dignity. 
The most enjoyable is recognizing employees for their performance with some kind of reward system.  Another is when an idea or project is completed with positive results and both the company and employee benefit from their commitment and common goals.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part of working at JSW was being able to learn tagging and shipping, but it is also the people who I got to meet and get to know.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Getting use to the 4 days on 2 days off going to afternoon and 4 days on 1 1/2  when you go back to daylight. 4 days on 3 days off would work and I would have loved to try that cause it's not a dramatic adjustment to our current schedule.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
I think overall it can go up and improve cause regardless of how much communication and commeodery as well as let's all get a bonus and safety first. But for anyone or anything to improve you have to hold yourself accountable and others accountable. The ability to take and give positive criticism with a solution is the only way to improve.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I'd start at 5:30 so being at work 5:00-5:10 am/pm even if we're busy or being down for the day. I still showed up and I would organize or sweep or help the millwrights or another department which I never minded.

Learned about this company years ago and thought they were respectable. Would still think the same if l hadn’t worked there. I’ve worked at companies where they had a system in place, one that was efficient and where management was functional. Sad to say JSW isn’t one of those places. The constant chaos, incompetence and lackadaisical mentalities caused daily headaches. I used to enjoy my job, but working here caused me to despise it and change professions altogether. When I say it’s bad, I’m not lying or being spiteful. The warehouse is a disaster that no one has been able to fix. They do inventory and within a week it’s messed up again and the guys can’t locate material for the trucks. Drivers regularly wait 6+ hours to get loaded. They call us Just Sit and Wait and it’s true. This has been the most dysfunctional place I’ve ever worked, but l really hope they get their stuff together. 

I’ll miss working with and talking to some of my colleagues. It was fun working on projects and accomplishing goals together. I hope management starts to listen to the good people left because they’re the ones keeping the company afloat. 



They stopped giving bonuses, they think we make as much as other mills but we do not, They are upgrading things and adding nice equipment but overlooking outdated cranes that need updating badly someone is going to get hurt, They Changed our schedule with consulting the employees and it doesn't benefit us at all and we voiced we wanted our old schedule They simply told us to bad. We actually had a manager tell us where are you going to go to make what you make now lol... thats definitely not how you boost morale. I gave them the courtesy of a 2 week notice the next day hr called me and told me since I had a new job there was no need to work out a notice. I was flabbergasted so I would not ever work for jsw again and would not recommend anyone to go there. 

Guaranteed 40 hour work week then your called off because you finished what was there the night before. Equipment so old it's constantly breaking down which stops the whole plant. When you need supplies it takes at least a week to get them and some time two.
 Management, I was in a position that once I understood what they wanted me to do in the position I didn't need my hand held.So they where for the most part O.K. However they did play favorite's.
 Coworkers, I enjoyed working with them and like to work with them again.
Hardest part, Working with old broken down equipment and equipment that is duct tape and pieced together.Getting supplies. (Laid off along with about 160 coworkers because of poor equipment and nothing for us to do.) When I was told a week before by HR that everything was fine an that I had a sound place in the company.
Most Enjoyable, My e mediate coworkers.

Shipping Dept. Is not a good place to start or end... 2 out of the 4 supervisors are ok to work with but the Lead supervisor over Bay 2 is a 2 faced snake and his sidekick in Bay 1 is just as bad... no social skills at all... the good employees get cheated while the bad ones are praised for kissing butt... I came from a white collar background to a blue collar just to get the field experience and see it's really two different worlds... rights are violated to the 10th power in this dept. the break room has mice, roaches, spiders and the mice tend to climb the tables looking for food due to poor cleaning. No growth in this dept. good workers but poor leadership... the hardest part about the job is being put in a place to kiss the ones in control butt just to complete your shift. the most enjoyable part about the job is when you're leaving headed home and payday...lol

My job was not hard at all  I was in the Met lab. The manager was unprofessional as far as her employees are concerned. She would gossip she was rude to most and we were there for 12 hours most of the time with nothing to do. Some people want the over time I wanted to see my family. The company overall needs to train their entire staff of supervisors. They believe if your there for five or six years you can be a supervisor without being trained in how to treat your people. Well you end up with a group of uneducated people with work experience but no intellectual balance at all. Also there’s been deaths in the mill and they shut it down for a few hours clean that area up and continue working. Your only a number there. I was paid ok for what I did but a lot of guys wasn’t. Equipment is also old and always breaking down.

JSW is a good place to work,and you can learn how various skills throuhout the mill, but they only train from within and you don't get properly certified which makes it harder to find jobs that require certifications, even though you have the skills. They change up management a few times here and there, benefits are provided and they help pay some of the fees, you do get paid vacation after so long , so thats a plus, but when it comes to taking lunch someitimes they get so busy you don't have time to eat and have to eat on the run. during the winter months the mill usually stops rolling and during that period there is a lot of layoffs which is never a good thing because you are on your toes trying to stay out the number. All in all though i think JSW is a good job.

JSW is a great place to grow and learn. If you are willing to take on work, you will be able to take on projects and learn so much that it will set you up for success in the industry. If you stay and show interest, you will get promoted. Does it have some issues that they need to work through? Sure. All companies do. For the most part, the people are good people. Will it ever be a big fancy company like the O&G companies? No. But, it is ok to be a small fish in a big pond. There will always be a lot of work, there is always something to do if you take the initiative to do it. Everything is dirty and old but if you come in with a positive attitude it won't really matter in the end. I feel like I can work to live, not live to work. There is a good work/life balance. 

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