Probably things will stabilise within a couple of months, its just a pain in the mean time and I suspect the last thing on the Company mind now is new starters, focus will be on trying to achieve a higher lever as possible on the normal services. Let's face it. ANY job application worth the salt will take at least 3 months, so sit tight but don't expect to hear anything in hurry. After the initial tantrum it will revert, but I see some " unplanned" vacation happening!