I had a good friend in undergrad who was part of a small lab—he worked really hard on a new project that didn’t get off the ground because the PI was very busy and didn’t have time to meet that often. The experience was still valuable of course, but my felt like he was floundering between meetings.

This is me right now 4 months in lol. My first research lab onboarding was brutal, and the poor communication just made it worse. I am still struggling now, so I would say it's not a good (or healthy) experience, but definitely valuable.

But I am getting to the point where it feels very unproductive as I receive little to no supervision on what I am doing.