Japanese firm making Harvard alumna serve tea, wear certain hairstyles

Posted By Blake Hounshell Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - 8:33 AM Share

It's behind the paywall, alas, but the Wall Street Journal has an interesting item about how some former Lehman Brothers employees are doing at their new Japanese firm. The short version? Not so good:

Japanese brokerage firm Nomura Holdings Inc. kicked off a training session for new hires in April by separating the men and women. The women, including Harvard graduates hired by Lehman Brothers before it collapsed, were taught how to wear their hair, serve tea and choose their wardrobes according to the season, say executives who fielded a complaint about the session.

Some folks, of course, would argue that that's about all Harvard graduates are good for.

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