Submitted my first manuscript! ... 62 days later "With Editor".

After researching multiple blogs and peer-reviewed literature that covered the time spent in each stage of peer-review, it turns out this is ridiculously long, even after some pandemic padding. In fact, papers have been reviewed and published in the amount of time my paper has sat in limbo. Although, please correct me if my info is wrong.

I emailed the journal on the 60th day, and it just so happened that on the 59th day, the Senior Editor passed the manuscript on to a "suitable Academic Editor", which seems highly suspect, but even if that's true that means my manuscript can still be desk rejected after what is now at least 62 days!?

This is making feel so disillusioned with academia -- worse so now, because the ridiculous weight this has on all my grant applications. Anyone have a similar experience?

I'll also add that this is a pretty strong/big journal in my field.