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It's interesting that the attorney's letter specifically says "termination of your _employment_". Add that to the fact that he was "fired" initially because he didn't show up for work, and it looks like he has a good case of arguing that this was a de-facto employment situation, not a contracting gig. How and if he could benefit from that, I don't know.

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You're missing a subtlety. He's a W2 employee of a contracting firm. Most of the work he does is for clients, not his employer directly, and to those clients he is a 1099, not an employee.

He was fired from the contracting firm, for which he was a W2. His status doesn't really factor into this.

Minor correction: I am a partner in the contracting firm. The contract was cancelled by Pillar as a 1099. I'm still a partner in the contracting firm but will be leaving in a couple of weeks when we shut it down for obvious reasons.

Ah, thank you for the correction. I admit I glossed over a few paragraphs, and missed this.

> Add that to the fact that he was "fired" initially because he didn't show up for work

That is his claim.

We don't know what else was going on and due to confidentiality rules, we're unlikely to hear anything from Pillar.

Based on his reaction on Facebook, Medium, and in these comments, I'd wager they had other concerns.

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