October 20, 2009
Guru was pleased to see the Japanese bank Nomura demonstrating so perfectly the problems of language barrier when it comes staff communication.
A year after snapping up the bits of Lehman Brothers that were actually worth something, Nomura managers emailed employees in a bid to get them to smarten up, according to Management Today.
Bosses reminded workers that "gay colour nail polish" wasn't acceptable; anyone with a query on the firm's trouser policy was reminded to "wear the one gives to the ankle to the height of pants"; skirts were also forbidden to be either extremely short or be "a skirt that deep slit entered".
Just what are the staffers at Nomura coming to work in? And what is gay colour? Guru blue perhaps...?
A year after snapping up the bits of Lehman Brothers that were actually worth something, Nomura managers emailed employees in a bid to get them to smarten up, according to Management Today.
Bosses reminded workers that "gay colour nail polish" wasn't acceptable; anyone with a query on the firm's trouser policy was reminded to "wear the one gives to the ankle to the height of pants"; skirts were also forbidden to be either extremely short or be "a skirt that deep slit entered".
Just what are the staffers at Nomura coming to work in? And what is gay colour? Guru blue perhaps...?
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