I have very little difficulty believing that Google offers $280k salary packages routinely and that $8 million has been offered in GSUs to at least one engineer

I have very little difficulty believing that Google offers $280k salary packages routinely and that $8 million has been offered in GSUs to at least one engineer, but that being a routine enough offer to flummox a recruiter strikes me as unlikely. Anybody at AmaGooFaceSoft want to provide a little color commentary here? [Edit to add: I've been told, by multiple people I trust on the matter, that my sense of this was largely correct. $2 million a year is within the realm of feasibility for top contributors -- a handful in a year out of tens of thousands -- but very, very much not a standard offer for a generic 28 year old engineer.]