eh, this feels like a miscommunication/exaggeration. More realistic is that it took time for HR to communicate up the chain what was happening; they posted the

eh, this feels like a miscommunication/exaggeration. More realistic is that it took time for HR to communicate up the chain what was happening; they posted the jobs in the interim; the ads didn't get enough applicants to confidently turn over ~50% of IT in 1 week (obviously); OP interpreted this as "they got 0 applicants and folded"