Is reporting directly to a fully remote manager a red flag if you’re expected to be in-office?

Curious how common this setup is and what other people’s experiences have been.

A couple years ago, right after college, I took a job where I was expected to relocate across the country to Seattle and work from the company’s office, but the manager I reported directly to was fully remote and lived in another state. So even though I had relocated across the country for the job and was physically around the rest of the company, almost all of my interaction with the person actually responsible for managing me was through Slack/Zoom. In fact, my entire team was remote, other than me and another early career analyst.

Looking back, I’m wondering how normal this arrangement actually is, particularly for someone relatively early in their career. I can understand having a remote manager at a company that’s broadly remote or distributed, but it feels a little different when the employee is specifically expected to relocate and come into an office while their direct manager doesn’t.

For people who have worked in similar setups: Is this pretty common now? Did you find that it affected mentorship, visibility, feedback, or your relationship with your manager? Would you consider it a potential red flag for an early-career role, or is it generally a non-issue if the company is well managed?

I’m also wondering whether this is something I should start explicitly asking about during interviews. For example, asking where my direct manager is based, how often I’d actually see them in person, and how they manage/develop employees who are in a different location.

Would you factor this into whether you accepted a job?