They'll give you a shpiel how this is for the best and that brighter days are to come with new management. Maybe they'll entice folks with an incentive program that says "if profits are x much, you'll get a bonus in 2 years."

Then within 18 months, they'll reduce benefits (e.g. worse insurance plan, change the vacation policy), or maybe actually lay off people and shut down entire departments to boost numbers.

tl;dr - update your a resume and start interviewing to have a backup. If upper management thinks you're a top performer, you have a bit more leeway.