Why is the internal portal suddenly a ghost town?

I’ve been checking the internal career board pretty religiously for the last few weeks, and it’s like a graveyard. Usually, there’s a steady stream of roles opening up, even if it's just backfilling or minor team pivots, but now? Nothing. It’s almost like they’ve locked down the entire hiring process without sending out a company-wide memo. I reached out to a recruiter friend in another department, and they sounded completely defeated, just telling me that 'hiring is on hold indefinitely.' Does anyone know if this is a company-wide policy shift or if they're just intentionally trying to keep people locked into their current teams while they wait for the next wave of 'realignments'? It’s impossible to plan for your own future here when every door seems to be getting bolted shut. If you’re currently looking to transition internally, I’d stop wasting your time and start looking at the external market instead. This doesn't look like a seasonal slowdown to me; it looks like a precursor to something much more permanent.