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‘You’re working obscene hours but we’ll give you a bar tab’

Aaron PatrickSenior correspondent

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This week, to try to understand the fears or frustrations of young people at work, I had a coffee with a 22-year-old law student and paralegal in Sydney who I will call Anna.

On my phone was a copy of a questionnaire for KPMG graduate-job applicants. The professional services firm sought information about their history of sexual identity and sexual preferences, questions that sounded deeply intrusive to my 52-year-old ear.

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Aaron Patrick is the senior correspondent. He writes about politics and business from the Sydney newsroom. Email Aaron at apatrick@afr.com

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