It's amazing the psychological impact that changes can have on an entire department.  Some of us are snapping more at small things.  Some just want to talk it out in terms of the changes that will happen and try to figure logistics.  Some have shut down completely.

As for department morale, what is that?  We didn't have much before this announcement, but after the sucker punch there's not even an attempt to have hope things will improve.  It's strange that there hasn't been any backlash, except I think we've all just been beat down and degraded so many times that you lose the desire to fight back.

I know that feeling well, having experienced it in personal life more often than working life, but watching my colleagues deal (or not deal) with that sort of apathy enforced by expending so much energy that you have none left is interesting.  I think in many ways that's why I've been a sounding board, and/or target of the snapping, since I can take it.  I can hear and understand, sympathize and empathize, and try to at least make it a little easier for those who haven't reconciled themselves to that apathy and lack of control.

It's not a net positive, but for the next two weeks, we'll deal.  As best we can.