At BT and Aviva, we were expected to be logged in and ready to go at 9am. Booting up 7 or 8 systems takes a good 10 minutes, longer when something key falls over, meaning that you need to boot 3 of them again. Stuff like Teams and Outlook is no bother but databases and emulators seem to take forever, especially when you have to faff with one system to get it to generate a login code for another.
Glad to hear that you are back at work and that they paid you properly, even though on light duties. They must value you.