What would you do? (Contractor or Employee Status)

[Sister Havana]

I would stay an employee. At one of my jobs, I started as an independent contractor before I was converted to a W2 employee. Even though I was only an independent contractor for about a month and a half or so, I still took a major tax hit for that year. It was an unpleasant surprise.

Also, the employer may be illegally misclassifying the employees that are converted to contractors.