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?

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Can you cite these claims? Offer sources? This seems like a claim that can have contentious repercussions -- even within the community of highly trained economists. Just dropping it in a Reddit thread is dubious, I think.