After an acquisition of our company, various groups of people had secret meetings about how to integrate ours company parts (engineering, marketing, sales) into

After an acquisition of our company, various groups of people had secret meetings about how to integrate ours company parts (engineering, marketing, sales) into their processes. Meanwhile we were told everything would be business as usual. Then some of us started getting invited to these secret groups so we could help with the transition plans. Half the folks acquired started quitting shortly after the plans started leaking out because of the incompetence in the plans. tldr: Poor communication and secrets