Compared to my own experiences, I would say no but I am wondering if I'm alone in thinking this is a red flag about the company I've started with. One place did make me come in prior to my actual start date to do the paperwork with HR, but at the time I was unemployed and didn't think much of it. Now I realize how it would have been an issue to take the time had I been finishing up employment elsewhere, but I imagine they would have worked with me if that were the case. My other jobs have always had me do it on the clock in a brief meeting with HR during my first day or so, and my bosses were always aware it was coming/in the same physical location unlike now.
Near the end of my first day I received an email with over ten attachments to complete for new hire paperwork plus insurance. I haven't had access to a work computer yet as my first week involves being shuffled to different locations to shadow, so this leaves me doing the paperwork digitally on my own computer/time after work. I feel stupid for this but I'm having a hard time making myself complete these and respond to the email, plus imho my personal email is not the best way to be sending this kind of info. I've always done physical forms in person. They also want to set up a 1 hour video call, but it's unclear if that is supposed to be on my own time or if I am somehow supposed to squeeze it in wherever I am perhaps on my phone? It just feels like a lot of work on my end to make this new hire process happen when my past experiences have been HR taking the lead on everything. Benefits don't even start for 60 or 90 days and even in past jobs where they started immediately, I just did a basic checklist confirming my choices (and there aren't even choices here) and had the actual insurance company mail the card to me. This is not a remote job, but perhaps this is more common in those types of jobs and not necessarily a red flag since my work doesn't happen where HR physically is?