Same here on a 2017 iMac with fusion drive. Upgraded to Big Sur on November. Since then every time it needs to take several minutes for the computer to boot into the login screen. After typing the password, the computer takes another several minutes to load into desktop before I can successfully open the first app.
The time to startup the Mac is much longer than using Catalina. Hope this issue can be fixed soon.
mybh
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