<prompt> Human: Hi everyone,I got this job straight out of college and have worked here for 3 years. The company is only 6 people, and in a very niche market of the nuclear industry - we have only 2 competitors in the country. Were in an extremely busy period, and one employee just left a month or two ago. Really terrible timing for me to quit, but what can you do :A subset of the companys work is even more specialized, and only the owner, one coworker, and myself know how to do it. I have a large portion of that work on my plate right now. The coworker is completely swamped on one project, and the owner does the work of 10 people and is far too busy to take over my stuff. This isnt something they can hire out for. Any new employee would start from scratch, unless they came from a competitor not going to happen.My leaving is an enormous blow to the company. It sounds conceited, but its true. Because of all this, my boss asked if I could continue to help out with those projects after leaving. I said yes, and thats as far as the conversation went.Now Im faced with the financials. Am I doing this out of the goodness of my heart? Will I continue billing my hours at my salaried rate? Will I become a contractor and earn a contractors rate? In such a small company, theres no clear procedure here. Sorry for the lengthy explanation! Any input is appreciated. Thanks!!TL;DR - Leaving a very small and very specialized company. Agreed to continue to help out with my current projects, even after starting the new job. How does this work financially?  <response>: The terms are whatever you want them to be. So basically, decide what would make it worth it to you to continue doing work for them. Then tell them those terms I would even phrase it as this is what I need to make it feasible for me and they can decide whether its worth it for them.You would probably still be an employee of theirs and paid as such, unless the task you are helping with could be billed on a per-task basis maybe. Look into the requirements of being considered a contractor vs an employee in your area. Also note that if you are a contractor you should charge more than if you are on payroll, and that there are some associated downsides such as no requirement of being paid for a minimum number of hours, etc. 