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Young People at Work
<p>noun—a preconceived idea many people have about a group that may be untrue or exaggerated</p>
Millennials (people born in the 1980s and ’90s) are sometimes called lazy, but that might be an unfair stereotype. A new survey of 25 industrialized nations found that young adults are putting in long hours. Here are the top nine in terms of workload. Which ones surprise you most?