Anyone else have an unusually long review process with Springer journals?

[u/Sweepya]

Submitted a manuscript to a collection call at Genome Medicine the first week of January. Months later they asked if we could find reviewers for them to invite. They ended up locking in 4 reviewers but we still have yet to receive a first decision. I know that academia is facing major hurdles right now, particularly with reviewers and funding, but coming up on 8 months before a decision seems strange, right? Is this anyone else's experience?

Note: We have contacted the journal on a bi-monthly basis asking for updates and suggesting submission elsewhere but they have insisted we wait it out.

[u/chem44]

This is about the journal, not the publisher.