Sounds like a lot of that could be done over email TBH. I've never worked somewhere where there isn't a desk for me in the last 23 years and never had to do an

Sounds like a lot of that could be done over email TBH. I've never worked somewhere where there isn't a desk for me in the last 23 years and never had to do an onboarding process like this before getting started (plenty of stuff to do at the desk for sure, and it can take a while before you are setup on everything - but it's usually time you can use to familiarise yourself with everything).