Typically, if you do not receive a W-2 that's because you're considered to be self-employed as far as the IRS is concerned. If the amount paid to you by any one entity was less than $600 for the entire tax year, then they are not required to issue you a 1099-NEC. But you are still required to report the income if it is more than $400.
So do you know for a fact if you were a W-2 employee or hired as an independent contractor? I'm suspecting the latter.
