OP is right. OSCP is an entry level certificate in pentesting. That doesn't mean it's easy to get, and the people that have it will certainly have put in the time.

Security skills are just not something you tend to pick up in 4 hours flat.

source: have both OSCP and OSCE, and I work in the industry

OSCP covers a significant part of my actual subfield in security, and I think it's pretty silly.

Well that's no good, I'd been told by others in the field it was a good cert. Guess I won't waste my time with it.