Because companies don't employ people to be nice or because they can afford to, they employ people because the money they make doing so is more than the amount

Because companies don't employ people to be nice or because they can afford to, they employ people because the money they make doing so is more than the amount it costs to employ those people. Even a rich, successful company may fire people (even a lot of people) if that saves them more than they lose in productivity. Since not all employees are create equal, this is likely very easy if your company hasn't been very good about maximizing productivity of every employee.