Most of the business world has no issue with a "you deserve what you negotiate for yourself" mentality - if it applies to your own high compensation, or to some

Most of the business world has no issue with a "you deserve what you negotiate for yourself" mentality - if it applies to your own high compensation, or to someone else's low compensation. It only becomes an issue if someone you perceive to be lower on the pecking order than you has successfully negotiated a good deal. A contract's a contract, and a deal's a deal. "Deserving" it doesn't come into play beyond the scope of the contract.