Agree that if you go a full time job, the company must pay the rating.
Yes - but there is no pure black or white in this world. We all pay/paid for our typeratings in some way. The starting salary of a type-rated, supervised and experienced pilot is always going to be higher than that of a non-rated pilot. The difference is your contribution towards the rating. Everywhere, even with the cadet-schemes of those airlines who still train their own pilots. My "market value" is simply higher with a rating than without, and my salary is a direct function of that market value.