[Osmf-talk] permanent job | Re: Community consultation: plans to hire a Senior Site Reliability Engineer

[Rory McCann (OSMF Board)]

On 24.07.20 13:46, Frederik Ramm wrote:
>> The contract would in any case be permanent, not fixed-term or temporary.
> 
> I wonder if "permanent" is the correct word here in legal-speak; surely
> we don't want to sign a truly permanent contract in the everyday sense
> of the word ;) perhaps "open-ended" is better?

This could be a translation issue, but “permanent” is correct here. In 
Ireland & Britain, a “permanent job” doesn't mean a job that never ends, 
or can never end. It means a job without an end date. It'd be compared 
to a job

For example, I would describe my current job as “permanent” 😉.


Rory