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Interview with construction workers during their weekend

Muslim Operator:

* Wake up at 4:00 am
* Shower
* Prayer
* 4:30 company transportation
* Working time from 4:30-6:30
* 11 pm sleep
* 1 room 6 people (sometimes 10)
* everyone have a bed
* 30 people per accommodation
* air conditioned
* No medical facilities
* 3:00am cooking to eat after coming back from work
* no break time
* no place for break
* Salary 1400
* No insurance
* No uniform
* Promising insurance and facilities before coming but nothing happened
* No transportation for Friday prayer
* Cutting from salary to pay to the agency 3000 (more than two month worth salary)
* Unable to enjoy weekend because there is a lot of stress
* We know the place where we go every weekend
* We go on weekend to buy food for the rest of the week
* Always cooking own food, can’t afford to go to restaurant
* Company’s grocery store have higher price than normal store (we have to go To Doha over the weekend if we want to buy food at reasonable price)
* Clean water provided by the company
* Been working for 11 month
* No need to contact each other, everyone knows where to meet implicitly


Buddhist scaffolding:

* sleep 8-5
* 6 people 1 room
* 15 min break with shading place
* Go to restaurant 4-5 times per month (every weekend)
* Indian restaurant (similar to Nepal food)
* Salary 600-700
* Been working for 1 year
* Have washing machine (wash clothes every 2 days)
* Languages spoken (Nepalese, English, Hindi)
* Good medical facilities
* Easy to contact each other
* Uniform available


Muslim Clerk:

* 10:30 – 5:15
* 2 people 1 room
* 30 min break lunch time (with menu)
* shopping in the weekend depending on needs
* easy to contact each other
* Uniform available

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