Age discrimination is a thing but the idea that you work for a company to benefit them and not yourself is something that's taking a painfully long time to sink

Age discrimination is a thing but the idea that you work for a company to benefit them and not yourself is something that's taking a painfully long time to sink in for a lot of people. Perhaps for older people they were brought up to think you just work all the time, in one company perhaps, because...its just something you do. The idea that you only work because someone finds what you do economically advantageous is lost on some people. I often hear people complaining that they're not "getting training" at work (for free, on their employer's time). Well, yeah, that costs them a bunch of money and benefits you. Yes, you could argue it benefits them too, but not as much as them simply firing you and hiring someone who already has the skills.