[xtracto]

I did my PhD in the UK and the communication structure with my supervisors was:

1st year: we had a 1 hour meeting every week

2nd year we had a 1 hour meeting every 2 weeks

3rd year (1t hslf) we had a 1 hour meeting every 2 weeks

3d year 2nd half onwards we had a 1 hour meeting if I emailed them and asked them for it

If I needed more time I could always knock on their door. And oftentimes we went to have lunch for informal meetings.

Now, i always felt my supervisors were absolutely amazing. But i quickly understood that to complete my PhD, i needed to scratch with my own hands and that my sups were there only to guide me.

All in all my experience was great. Nevertheless after finishing and doing 4 years as a postdoctoral i decided the "publish or perish" mentality was not for me, and moved to industry.