Well that's not what FOSS software means, but even if you creatively change what it means to fit, that's still not true. I'm also paid to work on free software. I work on what I like and choose to at my job. That is why I chose to take a job where I am. If I didn't have a job I'd be doing this anyway as I was when I started getting into it as an unpaid hobby for several years. If my employer decided they wanted me to work on something I don't want to, I would choose to quit and look for something else.
Not free as in beer or free as in speech, but free as in choice (or free as in time). :D