There is a huge difference in working at bench in industry and working at bench in academic. In industry there is an advantage of working with a supportive team in a good environment and there is always some meaningful projects and you will be paid well. Performance is accurately measured and used for bonuses, promotions and salary raises. In order to aligned company’s vision of growth it took advantage of someone’ specific skills. In academic lab there is too much independence and loneliness. while in industry everyone is trained to support each other. Industry career also has the advantage of time flexibility ,location flexibility and tasks that directly benefits your career. In industry ultimate product is an entity and no one shared the information along the path of that ultimate product while in academic information is shared in form of publications , lectures. There should be a balance between academic and industry jobs for people who want to do basic research.