Why in the world would you announce something that negatively impacts everyone in the company and then wait months before you start rolling out the detail as to how that is going to affect them?
Well, let's think about that for a minute:
It could be A). Just a continuation of their unfathomable stupidity and braindead decisions that have reduced this company to a fraction of its once storied position, or B). They know exactly what they're doing; it's an intentional as--ult on your psyche in hope that you become so exasperated that you just quit and walk away/retire/whatever. As stupid as they've proven to be, I still think the answer is "B."
So, what you have are soulless, Godless people who will do anything, including the propagation of intentional emotional distress to achieve "monetary" goals.
As they have Sunday dinners with their families, as they attend their children's school or sporting events, as they care for sick loved ones like we all do, how do they do that with an inner-peace knowing that they are responsible for disrupting that very basic human desire / need for 10s of thousands of people?