I may have answered with a bias. In all jobs I had, on the first day you're given a desk, PC and everything you need and you spend half of the day onboarding, other half usually setting up accounts for various stuff.

So from that point of view not having a desk for first few days I'd feel lost and like a visitor, not employee.

I have no experience working for tech giants and large shops (100+ people per location), so I may be blind to usual practices.