I was just joking. But most large payrolls are direct-deposity now as a cost savings.
When you are paying a dead person $130,000 a year for thirty years who's worried about cost savings. LOL :)
Yes, they are, and I think it sux BIG.
I had to apply for a special dispensation to NOT get my pay direct-deposited, and had to re-apply every month (bi-weekly pay periods) to keep my ex from destroying my credit rating.
DD is great for convenience, but it annoys me when "payday" arrives, but the money isn't in my account until 3 or 4 AM. The week's holdback isn't enough? When I'm online at 12:04AM payday, what I'm owed ought to be there! Otherwise, give me a cheque upon arrival payday. I'll work (or not) that morning as I see fit, or as my employer and I have agreed to on payday.
The employer is buying my time. We are both there for mutual benefit. The employer OWES me what we agreed to, at the TIME we agreed to. I only expect the employer's side of the agreement to be honoured. When I am told that I will be paid on such-and-such a day, I expect MY money to be available to me AT THAT MOMENT. Contract law works both ways.