> Training them and getting them up to speed would be so much faster in person I'm curious why this is the case. Is it because of existing processes? Any sor

> Training them and getting them up to speed would be so much faster in person I'm curious why this is the case. Is it because of existing processes? Any sort of onboarding that involves pairing / sitting over the other persons shoulder / breaking social distancing sounds risky anyways. As I said earlier, I'm probably just biased due to my current employer being remote where I onboarded just fine; even my in-office "training" was like 6 weeks after I started and batched with 3 months of other new hires, and not at all helpful for my day to day work. I can't remember a single in-office job where I felt like I was onboarded fast, most of them I sat around reading code and docs while everyone else was busy doing their normal job. Btw, I regret any mention of the rest of the country in my original comment. The thing that really scares the hell out of me is the mass transit / subway system here in NYC and opening that back up to office workers (many commuting from outside NYC), new hires or otherwise. I think its an extraordinary situation compared to the majority of the driving to work US and should force companies to adapt in ways others might not have to.