> surely I don't need to explain to you what effect laying off a bunch of workers might have on share price?

Surely you do, because sometimes the stock goes up if the workers weren't needed in the first place, sometimes it goes down because it shows the company is flailing, and sometimes it does nothing because it's business as usual.

You're operating under an illusion that execs have control over how the market will respond.

> Sorry, I'm missing the part of this where you answered the question.

And I'm missing the part where anything I wrote gave you the excuse to be rude. Please be civil, this is HN.