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  • noun Plural form of permatemp.

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Examples

  • The president of WashTech, the nationally known tech-workers union -- formed in 1998 to represent Microsoft contractors who came to be known as "permatemps" -- saw little hope for formally organizing today's temp workers.

    Hispanic Business Magazine 2009

  • This is the company that set the record for "permatemps" who were really full-time W-2 employees.

    doggdot.us 2009

  • This is the company that set the record for "permatemps" who were really full-time W-2 employees.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • Note that Msft actually shared a lot of wealth down the ranks, even if they denied it to some (the "permatemps"), but few made 1 / 12th of Gates 'one-time $40bln.

    The daily irrelevant 2008

  • "permatemps", second-class employees with different coloured badges and lower wages and benefits who would nonetheless often work with the company for years.

    Eurozine articles Christopher Newfield 2010

  • "permatemps", second-class employees with different coloured badges and lower wages and benefits who would nonetheless often work with the company for years.

    Eurozine articles Christopher Newfield 2010

  • "permatemps", second-class employees with different coloured badges and lower wages and benefits who would nonetheless often work with the company for years.

    Eurozine articles Christopher Newfield 2010

  • "permatemps", second-class employees with different coloured badges and lower wages and benefits who would nonetheless often work with the company for years.

    Eurozine articles 2010

  • Contractors, flexible contractors get turned into permatemps awfully quick.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The Cost of our New Corporate State 2010

  • By refusing them (or only allowing disposable permatemps), they make it worse off – even if they are indeed not damaged goods.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The Cost of our New Corporate State 2010

  • Microsoft spent much of the 1990s embroiled in a dispute over its expansive use of “permatemps” who often performed similar work to Microsoft employees, but without the access to employment benefits or stock options.

    Revealed: Google's 'two-tier' workforce training document Julia Carrie Wong 2018

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