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Anthropic has nearly stopped hiring junior staff because AI agents now work six times as many hours

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Anthropic has nearly stopped hiring junior staff because AI agents now work six times as many hours

The Decoder · Oct 18, 2026, 1:22 PM UTC

Anthropic is hiring fewer and fewer junior staff in technical roles. The share of junior positions among new hires dropped from 27 to 9 percent since early 2025. By August 2026, AI agents across the company were already logging six times as many hours as humans.…