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A mistri or a thekedar
Work booked by the week, and a day's wage settled the day it is agreed.
One job, start to finish
- 01A build is plannedseventeen stages
- 02You are engagedby the week
- 03The day is markedboth sides agree
- 04The wage settlesthat same day
What you do
A household building a house writes down the stages and who it needs at each one. You are engaged by the week with your next working day named, which is the whole difference: a mistri with four prospects takes whichever site rings first on Monday, and a household that knows when you are free can plan around it. Each day you work is marked, confirmed by the household, and paid.
What you get
Work booked by the week, with your next working day agreed before the last one ends
A day marked and confirmed, so the wage is not an argument at the end of the month
A thekedar marks his own crew; the household is never asked to recognise men it did not hire
A record of the sites you finished that belongs to you, not to one household's memory
What it costs you
Nothing. Not a reduced commission — none. A household paying its mason is not a transaction Metagaon is party to, and a cut of a day's wage is the fastest way to be cut out of the arrangement. Nothing to join and nothing monthly either. If the household's wallet is short the day is still recorded and you are still credited in full; the shortfall is theirs to settle, not yours to chase.
What you need
That the Sahayak who covers your panchayat has met you. A mistri has no licence to hold, so what is recorded is that somebody went and asked. Until they have, you are listed but cannot be engaged.
How to start
Say which trade you work in and your day rate. Helpers you bring are named on the engagement without having to join anything themselves.