Permie is British workplace slang for a permanent employee — someone on a full employment contract as opposed to a contractor, freelancer, or temp. Used with particular frequency in IT, finance, and media industries where contract and permanent roles coexist. Permies receive benefits, holiday pay, and job security that contractors trade away for higher day rates. The word is usually neutral but can carry a slight edge: contractors sometimes deploy it with mild pity, permies with mild resentment toward the higher earners.
He had been contracting for years but finally went permie when the company offered him a team lead role.
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(UK, informal) A permanent employee.
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