No, you may not claim QBI on income for a job where you were once a W2 employee. The IRS specifically did not want to incentivize 1099misc treatment due to QBI. The following link is from the federal register and explains it.
Qualified Business Income Deduction - Federal Register
Feb 8, 2019 - The regulations will affect individuals, partnerships, S corporations, trusts, ... of qualified business income (QBI), qualified real estate investment trust ... and would cause former employees to not claim the deduction in order to ..
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