The article goes into some details on that. Basically at that level, you're bribing the employee to not bother to file a wrongful termination lawsuit (that they

The article goes into some details on that. Basically at that level, you're bribing the employee to not bother to file a wrongful termination lawsuit (that they have the resources to execute on, and that will be embarrassing for the company whether or not it succeeds). Incentives are structured around defending the company from that.