Anthropic staff say jobs shifted to 'babysitting Claudes'

Anthropic's internal report says 20% of employees describe their roles as shifting "from actually doing work to managing Claudes." AI agents spend 80% of session time waiting for human input, and the share of junior hires in technical teams fell from 27% to 9% since early 2025.

• 20% of staff say their role became managing AI agents
• AI agents wait for human input 80% of session time
• Junior hires in technical teams fell from 27% to 9% since early 2025
• Median employee spends 20% more time in meetings than a year ago