> Someone who has trouble negotiating in professional circles is going to have issues far beyond the workplace, if nothing else they're going to get repeatably

> Someone who has trouble negotiating in professional circles is going to have issues far beyond the workplace, if nothing else they're going to get repeatably screwed buying a car, and they should work on that. How is that relevant to the person’s compensation for their work? Yes, negotiation might be a useful skill in other areas of life, but you might as well advocate paying people more for other useful skills that are irrelevant to their effectiveness at work, like changing a tire or home cooking.