The composition of Anthropic’s workforce and the type of work performed has changed significantly over the past year, according to a report released Friday by the AI company.
Anthropic argues that trends in its workplace could be an indicator of “how AI will transform work organization, employment, and labor demand across the economy,” especially as the company is “radically shaping its workflows around AI.” But even if no other organization has adopted AI as thoroughly or in quite the same way as Anthropic, this report provides an interesting glimpse into how the company currently operates.
In particular, Anthropic has seen a decline in its hiring of junior employees, with the proportion of junior employees in technology departments decreasing from 21% to 14% since the beginning of 2025, and the proportion of junior technical hires decreasing even more sharply from 27% to 9%.
Anthropic also said that its technical team now makes up 56% of its workforce, down from 61% to 56%. They attribute this trend to “the natural expansion of business functions as companies grow” and “the proliferation of coding tools, which are enabling non-technical employees to write their own software.”
One employee reportedly spoke of Anthropic’s “everlasting pressure to move as quickly as possible and use Claude for everything.” In an April 2026 survey, 27% of employees said Claude increased their productivity, and 20% said their job changed from “actually doing work to managing Claude.” One designer likened this to babysitting. “When you’re babysitting, every child wants the same attention and brings up concerns. And so do the various (Claudes).”
In fact, the report suggests that “human attention and judgment” is becoming a “bottleneck” to productivity, as Claude generates a “flood” of text that he needs to read and organize.
Unsurprisingly, the report claims that implementing AI has increased the company’s productivity, as demonstrated by “more codes per person, more deals closed per rep, and more contract throughput.” While the company acknowledges that “more code doesn’t necessarily mean better code or better business impact,” it also hasn’t found any signs that code quality is decreasing.
Based on calendar data, meeting time per employee is up 20% compared to a year ago, and technical contributors are up 16%, according to the report. The company attributes this to the importance of “human trust and accountability,” with employees repeatedly stating that “face-to-face coordination is essential.”
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