Sounds par for the course for academia I have been exposed to, although that's anecdata. Not sure what "normal academia" entails.

Then you don't know what normal academia is like.

I have worked in academia. I can't think of a single prof like that in my department. They exist, but that's not why people choose to spend decades of their life in poor paying jobs.

This is likewise anecdata. Experiences vary, so I don't know if I'd throw "normal academia" out there without having a full view of the sector as a whole, which few if any do.