[forty]

That seems a good reason not to spend money on dividends which I don't think will help the company become more profitable. Cutting jobs to save money is understandable, but the savings should be used to invest into the business.

[worrycue]

Not saying I support this, because losing work sucks, but shareholders are the ones that own the company - the C suite is just there to run it on their behalf.

If shareholders think that firing a bunch of people to “eliminate waste” and pulling capital from the company in the form dividends to reinvest elsewhere is the way to maximise their returns (as a whole) then that’s what will happen.