As I said earlier, I don't know much about the individual personel policies of the individual airlines involved here, but I do know that the entire freight market is an extremely cut throat business and very hard work for everyone involved.
I dare say that if you really looked, you may find a freight operator who kisses their pilots goodnight, but they're very few and far between. As for paying for type ratings - not exactly uncommon in any area of the flying market, if you don't like it you don't have to do it.
Finally, I suspect that the vast majority of these posts are from frustrated wannabes or rejected potential crews.
As someone who sits on the other side of the frequency dealing with BAC and others on a daily basis, I have nothing but praise for the professionalism of the crews.
They are often flying into airports at the busiest times, yet we very rarely hear any dissenting voices when things don't go their way, which is more than can be said for the passenger operators..