100 years ago, people were paid just after they worked. There are two reasons why that stopped being the case. Firstly, it’s a lot of work for the company. Seco

100 years ago, people were paid just after they worked. There are two reasons why that stopped being the case. Firstly, it’s a lot of work for the company. Secondly, it’s worse for the company’s cash flow. As others have also replied, the first is most significant.