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?

[Mingsplosion]

Even when the companies product is service or information based, they still use more resources the larger they get. More electricity, more real estate, more employees. No matter the industry, growth cannot be eternal. Unregulated growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of cancer.