they probably were, but it was OFUSCATED or they dont actually "address people on the issue" its also the same with undergrad and MASTERS level. the university benefits by not telling so they can keep the cash cows coming into as undergraduate, masters, or PHD. if they warned them in Undergrad, people will just not take a certain major, or dont even go the university altogether.

the competition is insanely intense for many 4-year universities, at my low prestige school(thats not even that good)' one professor i had as a course, was reviewing 30+ candidates for a position, you can imagine how hard is it. and some other ones are only working as adjunct (like one physics professor i had, he had no interest in teaching the class, considering how the exams, and lectures were, just wanted to do research).

at an oral presentation, the announcer mentioned the PROFESSOR coming to talk has at least several dozen papers on his cv, before even recognized for a position in a university.

I don’t. It’s the sort of thing that is “evident” so no one talks about it much. Plus, professors don’t want to point out how much the whole system sucks and not a lot of people go into PhDs to become professors.