The one thing people expect from their employers is to be compensated for their work in a timely manner. Can you imagine what would happen if, after purchasing something in a store, you reached into the cash register to take your money back? Or what if you turned in your rent and then cancelled the check before it could be cashed. Do you think your landlord would let that slide? Of course not. Under no circumstances should a company be able to «reverse payroll» on their employees. This is exactly what happened to one very pissed off redditor’s wife. Luckily she was able to stop the payroll reversal before her employer could steal her wages, but some of her colleagues weren’t so lucky.