<prompt> Human: I started a job as a... lets say drivers assistant on a tool truck. The guy who hired me was an old boss from a former job, nice guy but these hours are flat brutal. I was told I just got a raise to 600.00 a week to take care of taxes, but essentially i am still getting the same rate as before. But the hours never change, hours start around 10 hours on a good day to 12-14 on a late one. Still paid the same rate. Am i getting screwed here? Please help.  <response>: Yes you are being taken advantage of. You are being treated as a 1099 employee when you are almost certainly an hourly employee entitled to overtime pay 