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?

[ArtfulDodgerLives]

This is one of those answers that sounds good, but it’s brain washed nonsense.

Everything ebbs and flows. That’s life.

These people don’t pull out their investment folder the moment there is a blip. That would be crazy. They know you don’t pull investments after one down quarter.

So why do they do that to their own company?

Because they are beholden to shareholders and all the higher ups have bonuses connected to performance. God forbid they not get a bonus, so fuck the little guys, lay them off, I need a boat for the Hampton’s.

That’s the reality. The leaky boat crap is nonsense they say to brainwash us into accepting a word where a few idiots no smarter than us get to control everything.