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Undervalued | Why are under-25s getting such a bad deal at work?

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For as long as humans have trudged about on ol’ Mother Earth, generation upon generation of young people have tried (and failed) to shirk a reputation for being lazy, entitled, and self-obsessed.

In more recent times, it’s the ‘Gen Z snowflake’ stereotype. But even stretching back to the 4th century BC, we see the same tropes popping up.

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