I think I've read anecdotal stories about companies like google paying huge sums to hold onto engineers, like 6 and 7 figures. Does anyone know what I'm talking

I think I've read anecdotal stories about companies like google paying huge sums to hold onto engineers, like 6 and 7 figures. Does anyone know what I'm talking about and is this a result of recruitment pressure by startups.. Who obviously don't have the same agreements in place? If so that would seem to support what the plaintiffs are saying.