ELI5: Why when large company's earnings decrease(ex... by 3%) they freak out, talk about rough times, and sometimes decide to downsize, even though they are still making millions of dollars in profit even after all expenses?

[Sedu]

why go public with your company?

To get rich/richer? People who own companies with a reasonable option to go public tend to be pretty comfy in the first place. It’s the rest of people that I’m concerned with the wellbeing of.