They don’t always think that, since sometimes share prices decrease as the result of layoffs, which would indicate they think it’s a bad decision.
The share prices are not going down because of the layoffs, the share prices are going down because the company itself is doing shit.
And guess what: stock prices going down is just reallocating capital somewhere else.
The share prices are not going down because of the layoffs, the share prices are going down because the company itself is doing shit.
And guess what: stock prices going down is just reallocating capital somewhere else.