Retirement tax questions

I changed jobs in December of 2022 from a company that had a 401K to one without, where I still work now.

Seems unfair, since I quit that job mid-December 2022 and they held out paying my last check until early January 2023. I did not work one single day in 2023 for the company that had a 401K, but since they held off paying me until 2023 I guess I'm out of luck on this one.

 

Thank You for clearing that up.