Without seeing the other sides it's impossible to really know where the relationship broke down. That said, the thing that surprises me most here is about how m

Without seeing the other sides it's impossible to really know where the relationship broke down. That said, the thing that surprises me most here is about how much the author and employer seem to be treating the authors role as an employee. In my experience contractors will often leave some sort of a longer term impact on a team they're there to perform the work as requested and get paid. The relationship here seems like it flicks back and forth between contractor and employee which feels confusing at best. Sometimes contracts don't work out, you fire them or they fire you, and you all move on. If this was authored by an employee then I'd get it and say maybe it sits somewhere around unfair dismissal, but as a contractor this is kind the gig - right? You work to keep a professional relationship where they pay you and you deliver the work and that's it. You get the benefits that come along with all the tax efficiencies and not having to participate in the corporate games as much, and they get a flexible worker who they can get rid of if things aren't working out.