Meaning & use
permanent employee
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Meaning
nouncountablebusiness
A worker who has a long-term contract with a company, usually with benefits and job security.
Grammar: Often used with 'a' or in the plural: 'a permanent employee', 'permanent employees'.
Patterns
- become a permanent employee
- hire a permanent employee
- full-time permanent employee
After six months as a temp, she was offered a job as a permanent employee.
The company has 200 permanent employees and 50 contractors.
Permanent employees are entitled to paid vacation and health insurance.
Word forms
| plural | permanent employees |
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Common combinations
- become a permanent employee
- He became a permanent employee after his probation period ended.
- hire a permanent employee
- We are looking to hire a permanent employee for the accounting department.
- full-time permanent employee
- She is a full-time permanent employee at the university.
- permanent employee position
- The job was advertised as a permanent employee position.
Synonyms and how they differ
- staff member
- A general term for someone who works for an organization; 'permanent employee' specifically means not temporary.
- full-time employee
- Focuses on working hours; a permanent employee may work part-time but still have a long-term contract.
Opposites
Word family
- permanently adverb
- In a way that lasts for a long time or forever.
- permanence noun
- The state of lasting for a long time.
Commonly confused: permanent employee or temporary employee?
permanent employee vs temporary employee
A temporary employee has a short-term contract, while a permanent employee has a long-term one.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'permanent employee' correctly?
Choose one answer.
A permanent employee has a long-term contract, so option 1 fits. Options 2 and 3 describe temporary work, which contradicts 'permanent'.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “permanent employee”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.