They mention that it's "useful for keeping an eye on the newbies", which indicts standups. That is a positively horrendous justification for standups. Your "newbies" should have assigned mentors and helping hands, and that shouldn't be something that drags down everyone.

Standups are a shitty, passive-aggressive way of managing. Managers who are too weak/incapable of simply monitoring progress, asking questions instead make this whole show under the assumption that everyone is checking on each other. 100% of the time this is the justification for standups. In many firms, "agile" is a failure mode for "waterfall".