It's weird to pull things tighter so soon after pausing hiring two weeks ago. Why not take all these measures (no new positions, now backfills, rescind offers)

It's weird to pull things tighter so soon after pausing hiring two weeks ago. Why not take all these measures (no new positions, now backfills, rescind offers) 2 weeks ago? Did they figure out that what they were doing was not drastic enough in that time? The whole thing screams of incompetence.