Anthropic has released a report on how its own workforce has changed over the past year. The AI company published the findings on Friday.
The report looks at who the company hires and how its employees spend their time. Anthropic says its trends may show how AI could change work and hiring across the economy.
The company says it has built its workflows around AI. It notes that other companies may not adopt AI in the same way.
Fewer Junior Hires at Anthropic
Anthropic is hiring fewer junior workers. The share of junior-level employees in technical departments fell from 21% to 14% since early 2025.
The drop in new junior technical hires was steeper. That figure fell from 27% to 9%.
Technical teams also make up a smaller part of the company. Their share of the workforce fell from 61% to 56%.
Anthropic links this to business teams growing as the company scales. It also says coding tools now let non-technical staff build software themselves.
Employees Say Work Has Shifted to Managing AI
One employee described an “eternal pressure at Anthropic to move as fast as possible and use Claude for everything.”
In an April 2026 survey, 27% of employees said Claude had made them more productive. Another 20% said their job had shifted “from actually doing work to managing Claudes.”
One engineer compared this to babysitting. The engineer said each Claude brings concerns that demand equal attention, much like children do.
The report says “human attention and judgement” are becoming a bottleneck. Claude produces a large volume of text that people must read and organize.
Anthropic says AI has made the company more productive. It points to more code per person, more sales closed per rep, and more contracts processed.
The company admits that “more code does not necessarily mean better code or business impact.” It says it has not found signs that code quality is falling.
Meeting time has also gone up. Calendar data shows meeting time per employee is up 20% compared to a year ago.
For technical contributors, meeting time rose 16%. Anthropic says this reflects the importance of “human trust and accountability.”
Employees in the report repeatedly described face-to-face coordination as “indispensable.” The full findings are available on Anthropic’s research website.
