Anthropic Staff Say External Comms Look Encouraged Until Approval Is Needed
davidmanheim · x · 2026-09-30
Kelsey Piper shares a first-hand observation about Anthropic's internal culture: employees generally believe the company is encouraging of or permissive toward external communications — until they actually try to get approval, and the approval doesn't happen.
A telling glimpse into the gap between Anthropic's nominally open stance on employees speaking out and its actual sign-off process.
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