I've heard from someone on your side they are hiring as they always do to give a show of strength, but a lot of the new hires aren't being assigned much work or

I've heard from someone on your side they are hiring as they always do to give a show of strength, but a lot of the new hires aren't being assigned much work or are given pretty far out start dates. I get the sense that there are a lot of silos though and people only really know what is going on that they can directly see.