If I worked for a company that paid well and they tried to double my work hours for the same pay I wouldn’t think I was “paid well” anymore.
As long as the people leaving are going to work elsewhere, I don’t know why FReepers would have any problem with them leaving.
I once worked for a company that had when I was hired, a 36 ½ hour work week. One day they announced that they were going to a 40-hour work week but would be adjusting our hourly pay down so we’d make the same amount for working 40 hours as we did working 36 ½. Those of us who brought up that this was in essence a pay cut, were told it was not a pay cut and were threatened with being fired for complaining. I soon found another job as did many others.
Nobody has a single "problem" with them leaving. We're laughing at them. Especially as they flounce out of Twitter declaring the company is dead without them.