Tbf, if you're on decent money you make future decisions based on your income and your expected future income. They've been working hard and have faced crazy barriers and have been out of country, away from family and friends for extended periods like some crazy FIFO job. I'm sure they have bills to pay, maybe mortgage repayments on their mansions that they need to meet, the alternative is they wouldn't get enough $$$ to service their lifestyles and they leave the company which is arguably worse. They probably paid themselves the least to be able to financial cope with whatever lavish expenses they had needed to pay.
Gotta remember, the total pay package (including shares, is a huge pay cut)
All IMO