I know this is going to be a slightly controversial reply in some eyes, but please bare with it. 
If Iâm being honest, Iâm not sure where most of this criticism or worry is coming from and I believe a few people are getting confused. If anyone wants to fact check this please dm privately over the forums so I can amend it, but this is what Iâm gathering from this post and this is why people shouldnât be worried about it/should be making changes to how they work NOW.
Theyâve given you the max time period sales would be pending for, now what?
A D A P T
Itâs undeniable that regardless of whether the time period is reduced or increased, your timetable will still need to shift and adapt to accommodate those changes. Not to mention that theyâve also made this announcement in advance to the update. All this means is that if you are contracting someone, you should;
- In the future, put group funds into a group 7 days before you need it (generally good practice to prepare funds before you go into business with someone q.q)
- If you need to pay someone but donât have the funds, you need to not only make them aware of that but schedule that payment 7 days from when youâve paid it into the group.
If you are a contractor, this should not have much of an effect on you, so long as you earn Robux through group fund payouts and given the contractor has the money in the group. In any case, you should be opting for a one-time payout from group funds. The reason you should opt for this is that group funds is because;
- Group funds are already taxed, so the payer doesnât have to spend extra to get you what you need (or you can end up getting more money out of a commission)
- One-Time Payouts are INSTANT and will go into your account instantly (havenât heard of many instances where these have been withheld)
Using shirts or t-shirts for direct payment to a contractor (contractor owns shirt or t-shirt) is and never was going to be a good option if you wanted to assure that you got payment on time, because you are still effectively buying an item, and in the eyes of Roblox, itâs subject to the same pending sales period as gamepasses are.
Yes, it is slightly inconvenient that you have to wait a little longer for funds to go in, however realistically the only way it becomes less of an inconvenience is if hiring users to put funds in groups in advance. That way, it shouldnât have an effect on contractors because the funds should be in the group by the time theyâve finished.
This is one of the issues businesses face in real life⌠AND get around.
Typically, anything you are owed as a business, regarding money or assets, are known as receivables. In vice versa, anything you owe a business or sole-trader, are called Payables. Receivables can take anything from a day to an entire month to come through, and some businesses fall prey to super late payment periods. However, many businesses have a methodical process to handle scheduled income (i.e - not spending too much, making certain moves only WHEN you have all the cards in your hand), and if Roblox is a genuine income source to you, and you run big projects that require you to hire contractors for work, itâd probably be a good idea to have a process or at least keep tabs on who you need to pay and when.
If you are a contractor, and you are genuinely worried about your income, make it clear to the people who you work with what you expect, payment wise. Anything from asking whether the funds are in the group already, or even how long ago funds were put in can help you plan and also help you decide whether you want to take the job. Sure, it may be slightly risky for the first month, but if people want to hire you, they are going to meet your terms, at least halfway.. It also wouldnât hurt to keep track of who needs to pay you as well.
Not all changes posted here are going to be purely focused on developers
The reason a devforum post has been made is that the decision does affect us, and its essentially a courtesy post, because there , will be people affected by the change, specifically people who rely on Roblox as an income source, and by making the post, those people can prepare. However, everyone has to remember that decisions on the platform are not all about developers.
This decision was not spontaneous and I can guarantee you that this decision was likely a direct response to a lot of issues that normal players have been having and have reported (like poisoned Robux transactions and/or account theft). It may be shocking to few, but businesses do an immense amount of planning and preparation, and itâs very unlikely that theyâve made this decision ill-advised.
Why Roblox canât just make a dedicated system for transferring funds into a group?
Because this would pose the exact same issues as buying a shirt. It would 100% have to be authenticated and verified. If it wasnât verified, itâd be a flight risk.
A reminder about the Announcements Category
This is my personal take so feel free to scrutinise it all you wish, but Roblox are not anti-dev. Just like how Developers release updates that arenât always received well by their community, Roblox is run by people who are just as human as we are. As such, people should try, at the least to keep things focused on the conversation created by the original thread, and not go off-topic. By off-topic, I mean talking about other issues that are completely unrelated to the Waiting Period, like the Captcha system or the 30% Tax placed on income (yes its related to Robux but Roblox have already responded to this in some shape of form.) Try to be civil. 
Anyway, thatâs my coin in the pile, I know thisâll be a headache for some people because itâll definitely require some rearranging, finance wise, but itâs definitely doable. Theyâve given us the heads up, so itâs up to us to work around it. 