Anthropic says its workforce has become less junior and is spending more time in meetings

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Internal data from Anthropic reveals the startup is rapidly maturing, shifting away from a flat junior-heavy structure toward a traditional corporate hierarchy. Employees are spending significantly more time in syncs and coordination as the company scales its headcount to compete with OpenAI. It is a sobering reminder that even AGI labs can't escape the gravity of middle management.