Is this a cultural problem? I've never experienced abuse of junior employees, generally they get a "buddy" and are encouraged to find a mentor. Here in the Neth

Is this a cultural problem? I've never experienced abuse of junior employees, generally they get a "buddy" and are encouraged to find a mentor. Here in the Netherlands PhD students get a proper salary and are encouraged to finished in 4 years, I wrote my thesis with only 1 paper published (of 5 chapters). It was a nice time, I learned a lot from my friendly prof that cared about my well being and loved being in the lab with me. It's not all bad. Sure, the whole graduation ceremony is an elitist clown-show with a weird dress-code, but it was fun. But perhaps I was lucky.