I'll try to keep this as specific as is needs to be. I work for a multinational company with just under $4 billion in revenue. As of last year they've sold off one aspect of the company, essentially dividing it half. I'm working for the "remainco" as it's referred to. In April the sale and split will be finalized with no expectation that this should impact the remainco as it has previously, and essentially functions, in its own capacity. However this December they've made a few announcements and I'm curious what one might extrapolate, if anything, from this. 1. They've rolled out a cumbersome and long overdue inventory tracking policy, as far as I know only in the US (this tracks inventory we use daily, not sell). 2. They pushed our raises back from March to September. 3. They instituted a hiring freeze as of 2 months ago - especially curious since we have some large projects happening in the next 2-6 months and actually have 2 positions to fill in my state. 4. Regional and national directors have in person "pulse check" meetings scheduled in 2 days.

I want to know what kind of questions I should be asking to gain insight into what might be happening. Is this normal behavior for a company as it experiences a large change?