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This is such a big issue that needs to much more attention. As someone who is basically doing a PhD without mentorship (because my mentor is crap) a lot of the things on the list hit home. I can say without exaggerating that his way of "mentoring" is the main reason many of his current and former students are quitting academia. Doing your PhD in a "high impact" lab that is heavily ERC-funded is not enough.
I technically had seven mentor figures throughout academia. It covered the full spectrum. There's one level below a guy who ignored all emails and scheduled meetings, but then threatened to drop me after seeing unsatisfactory progress in five months between instructions. Fortunately, I lucked out hard with my PhD adviser.