I hate how perverse you think of your ancestors that destroyed mountains, built roads, aqueducts, statues, pyramids, etc., and knew about the most cardinal of sins.

As mammals, we know when a neighbor got more berries than me. But as a species, we shared that bounty to survive. All you should be asking your employerlarcenist is the dividends that your work yielded. Not less than what you worked for. Especially not a lunch money cut.