{"id":886136,"date":"2026-10-18T02:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T02:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/886136\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T02:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T02:10:14","slug":"anthropic-says-its-workforce-has-become-less-junior-and-is-spending-more-time-in-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/886136\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthropic says its workforce has become less junior and is spending more time in meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The composition of Anthropic\u2019s workforce and the type of work getting done have changed significantly in the past year, according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.anthropic.com\/research\/employment-at-anthropic\" target=\"_blank\">a report<\/a> that the AI company published on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anthropic argues that its own workplace trends could be indicators of \u201chow AI will shift work organization, hiring, and labor demand across the economy,\u201d especially since the company \u201chas thoroughly molded its workflows around AI.\u201d But even if other organizations never embrace AI as thoroughly or in the exact same way as Anthropic, the report offers an intriguing glimpse at how the company currently operates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notably, Anthropic is making fewer junior hires, with the proportion of junior-level employees in technical departments falling from 21% to 14% since early 2025, and the proportion of junior technical hires falling even more sharply, from 27% to 9%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anthropic also says that technical teams now represent a smaller share of the overall workforce, falling from 61% to 56% \u2014 a trend that it attributes to\u00a0 \u201cnatural expansion of business functions as the company scales,\u201d as well as \u201ccoding tools increasingly allowing non-technical employees to make software themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One employee reportedly described an \u201ceternal pressure at Anthropic to move as fast as possible and use Claude for everything.\u201d In an April 2026 survey, 27% of employees said they had become more productive because of Claude\u00a0 and 20% said their job had shifted \u201cfrom actually doing work to managing Claudes\u201d; apparently one engineered compared this to babysitting: \u201cWhen you are babysitting, every child brings to you concerns with an equal demand for your attention and the various [Claudes] also do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, the report suggests \u201chuman attention and judgement\u201d are becoming a \u201cbottleneck\u201d for productivity, as Claude produces a \u201cdeluge\u201d of text that needs to be read and organized.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unsurprisingly, the report argues that AI adoption has made the company more productive, as indicated by \u201cmore code per person, closing more sales per rep, and processing more contracts.\u201d The company acknowledges that \u201cmore code does not necessarily mean better code or business impact,\u201d but it also hasn\u2019t found any indications that code quality is declining.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report says that based on calendar data, meeting time per employee is up 20% compared to a year ago, and it\u2019s up 16% for technical contributors. The company attributes this to the importance of \u201chuman trust and accountability,\u201d with employees repeatedly describing \u201cface-to-face coordination as indispensable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When you purchase through links in our articles, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/techcrunch-affiliate-monetization-standards\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">we may earn a small commission<\/a>. 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