I noticed that with remote workers, programs that used to take 2 days to write now took over a week. I didn’t know if it was Java or the problem of not knowing the data. Onboarding people became a nightmare.
We always did initial onboarding and first week’s training in person—in quiet conference rooms which could be in any location—not necessarily any office.
I was one of the designated trainers. Once we had three or four new hires I would set up the conference room location and do the training.
Then I would mentor the new hires for the first year—the probation period.
I figure one of the reasons I did so well teleworking in my previous job (COVID) was because I had literally spent 2 decades in the office first. It was just the norm back then. So I started my current job with 3 months in the office in Silver Spring, MD, before going remote here in Florida.