Others are hinting at the same thing, but toxic culture (by itself) is probably only part of the problem. If a single research job is toxic, that's stressful i

Others are hinting at the same thing, but toxic culture (by itself) is probably only part of the problem. If a single research job is toxic, that's stressful in the short term, but will just motivate someone to leave eventually; stress relieved. If the entire 'industry' is toxic, there's no job change that can relieve the stress. Also, research jobs are attained after people make some hard-to-reverse decisions about money, time investment, and lifestyle. If someone is in loads of student debt, has spent a decade learning a very niche topic that can't be easily leveraged elsewhere and doesn't have enough money to just quit and be okay, it's easy to see where the stress comes from, and it doesn't seem easily resolved.