Will my experience be counted ?

I am a bit confused after being told by an immigration lawyer that my work experience of one year wouldn’t be counted towards my application for 189 or 190. So I am currently working in my field of study, graduated dec 2023, started working in feb and would like to put my EOI next year where I would like to claim points for my one year experience but I have been told that experience doesn’t count without PY and will be used in only skill assessment. Is that true?

I have no interest in doing PY but if that’s the case i might be reconsidering my choices.