Comment by thorwasdfasdf

it's merely a symptom of not having enough opportunities to invest in. Their workforce (and many large software companies) is already too large for the amount of opportunity available. Even, world famous software engineers like Stevie yeggie had to eventually quit due to lack of impactful things to work on.

In the absence of any opportunity, all you can do is share buybacks or dividends, or maybe give out even more employee compensation.