at least PDF occasionally contains actual text. My organisation systematically scans everything to TIFF images for archival. So now we are embarking on a major project to OCR the TIFFs to get back the text (!).
My payroll statement is the same, image wrapped in a pdf document.
I’m not sure if they’re being intentionally annoying or if someone thought this was actually helpful for the thousands of independent contractors who track their expenses down to the penny?