Heard whispers about headcount freeze/review at BlackRock?

Curious if anyone has heard similar things to what's circulating in my division. There's been talk for a couple of weeks now about a potential informal headcount freeze or at least a really rigorous review process for any new hires, even for essential roles. We had an internal memo go around last week that was pretty vague about 'optimizing our talent pool' and 'strategic resource allocation' for the upcoming year. Sounds like corporate speak, but the timing feels significant, especially given the market conditions and some of the larger industry layoffs we've been seeing reported. No official announcement of layoffs or anything concrete, but it feels like a tightening is happening. Anyone else getting similar signals from management or HR? Wondering if this is company-wide or just specific business units. Trying to gauge the broader sentiment here.