[RexRollman]

The goal should not be to hire more of any particular gender. The goal should be to hire the best, most qualified people (although I believe it is okay to use diversity as a factor if one has to choose between two identically qualified applicants).

Eliminating salary negoiation just because woman are not good at is stupid. It baby's them.

[dragonwriter]

Whether it is gender-associated or not, if negotiation skill isn't what your company is seeking in employees, it shouldn't be providing premium compensation for it (and,consequently, inferior compensation for people with the skills you do want that lack negotiation skills.)

[smsm42]

Negotiation is not directly required skill, but refusing to negotiate will deprive them of candidates with other valuable skills, just because they would take better offer from elsewhere. It's not like negotiation is like performing some circus trick and getting paid for how well you performed it. It's finding a balance between what the company thinks you're worth and what you think you're worth and what you can get in the market. If Reddit says "we have predefined price and won't move" then either they would consistently overpay (which I have hard time believing in) or they would lose candidates that have better options. Usually such candidates are not the very worst ones.

[eonw]

agreed! its just teaching them to not learn a very valuable skill in this life. how will they deal with the next contract negotiation?

[marssaxman]

How many engineers do you know who negotiate over contracts as part of their work responsibilities?

[eonw]

if they plan to move up in the world, they may need to. negotiation isn't solely used in professional work either.