I can really recommend the old Thinkpad T-series business laptops if you don’t game on it. I have bought one for myself and my mother, works great!

Otherwise the Dell Latitude which are business models too and can be bought cheaply.

That goodbye was brutal

I agree onboarding is a bad example, I think the social part is better face-to-face. I can understand that not everyone needs that in their job.

Two days is reasonable imo. WFH has its advantages but some things are still better face-to-face, like onboarding.