"Your conclusion that industry scores higher than academia for job satisfaction (Nature 600, 8; 2021) doesn’t factor in how this can vary at different career stages. Inspection of the raw data from the Nature-sponsored survey (see go.nature.com/3eqc) indicates that dissatisfaction is highest among young scientists in academia. Greater financial and institutional support is essential to help this group to overcome their difficulties. It would also be an investment in the future.
For example, the proportion of high-income early-career researchers (those earning US$110,000 or more per year) is more than 5 times higher in industry than in academia, as compared with less than twice as high for senior scientists. There is also a large gap in satisfaction over job security for early-career researchers (73% for those in industry versus 39% in academia), which narrows rapidly by the mid-career stage (62% versus 56%). A similar pattern emerges for researchers’ attitudes towards career-advancement opportunities (for details, see go.nature.com/3nkr).
These differences highlight the uncertainty that bedevils early-career scientists in academia, including low pay for postdoctoral training, intense competition for assistant professorships, and dwindling research grants. These difficulties can be tackled — for example, a generous Chinese funding programme enables outstanding young scientists returning from abroad to choose their research direction (see go.nature.com/3rus; in Chinese)." [1]
1. Nature 602, 33 (2022)
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