Good Job is Slate’s advice column on work. Have a workplace problem big or small? Send it to Laura Helmuth and Doree Shafrir here . (It’s anonymous!)

Dear Good Job,

I switched jobs last fall, looking to make more money. I hated the new job, and basically sabotaged myself to not pass my three month probation. My old (loved, but much lower paying, and had a great team) job decided to just cut my salary from the budget, so I could not return. They hired me back for a project gig, that went very well.

Now they have hired me as a “contractor,” but by my reading of the state and federal laws (IIAL) I am by no means an independent contractor—my hours are capped, I’m paid hourly, my expenses need to be approved, I have no opportunity to profit from this contract, etc. I am also working

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