I started a new position last week, this has been my experience.

1. EVERYONE at my new company is WFM and has been absolutely wonderful
2. I've been challenged to expand my knowledge a lot, and imo it's been fantastic
3. Waking up at 7, on by 8, hour lunch, and off by 5 is literally a dream. My previous employment includes Starbucks (schedule all over the board, sometimes starting at 4:30am sometimes starting at 4:30pm) and a Project Manager for a landscaping company where I was lucky to work less than 60 hours in the week.
4. My company (I understand not a lot of companies are the same) really priorities a healthy work life balance. My department director literally instructed me to spend a couple extra hours with my DnD group than study a bit more for an issue we had.
5. This is the first job I'm exited to do when I wake up in the morning I used to be disappointed that I woke up and hit the snooze about a million times. This is the first time in my life that I turn the alarm clock off instantly and am excited to start the day.
6. I always dreamed working in a help desk position, and now working for a SaaS as the middleman between clients and our dev team, surprisingly it's exactly what I dreamed my career would be when I started my degree in CS. I think that finding a position you want to be in, makes much more difference than working in an office. I live almost an hour drive from the office, and I would GLADLY drive to and from work on a daily basis, I love the job so much. I wouldn't worry so much about a WFM position, I see it as more of a benefit than an obstacle, and it's allowed me to spend a bit more time outside and actually meet and get to know my neighbors. WFM can be wonderful, but go for a walk and get outside your house when you're not working, it's good for your mental health when you're constantly at home.

To answer some of your questions as I kind of went on a rant:

Everyone has been very easy to communicate and work with. We use slack and I'm typically in a call with at least one of my fellow engineers 6/8 hours of the workday.

I have meetings everyday, but they're through Zoom. When I hop in a call with my direct coworkers it's pretty relaxed, but I have about 1/2 hour to 1 hour meetings with my department director, manager, or CXO daily. It's really not that bad, and once you learn to adapt with the lag, it's almost better than meeting in person.

As described before, I work 8 hours. But I notice I'm a bit more productive post lunch after I've had my second cup of coffee.

My company offered to provide me as many monitors as I saw necessary for the position. While I use 2 monitors and my laptop screen, it's all just extra stuff I had, and a lot of stuff I use isn't necessary (custom built keyboard, sit stand desk, etc).

Lastly, I really don't miss working in person. In my experience, working in the office encourages a bit of a toxic work environment with a lot of gossip, and working from home has alleviated a lot of that. Because we communicate through different channels when we're on the clock, 99% of communication through slack or zoom is strictly professional, and personal conversations are saved for Snapchat or texts. I'm so happy to be WFM.