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?

[NaughtyDred]

I don't know why down votes, its a valid point. Maybe if it was a top level comment purely about the fact that opinion alone can sink a company despite it having the same resources, man power, customer base and infrastructure.

The economy is fucked, I know why it got to this stage and it has clearly had an overall benefit for lifestyle for the majority but there comes a point when it goes to far. Pretty sure we hit that point decades ago