Anthropic opens ₹3.26 crore job for human writers; experts say it's a ‘premium on judgment’

Although the job advertisement drew doubts on LinkedIn, communication experts told Business Insider that the opening shows that human creative skills still matter. An author based in Oregon joked that a writer taking the job would be helping build their own gallows by helping to train AI.

Three professional writers and communication experts told Business Insider that young writers have a lot of work to do before they even start typing. Being good with words is only a small part of the job.

“When speed becomes cheap, judgment carries a premium,” Ann Handley, chief content officer at MarketingProfs and author of Everybody Writes, told the publication. “I think we're seeing that value extended to the role of the writer.”

What AI cannot achieve

The search for a human writer comes as Anthropic’s internal data shows how AI is already changing its workforce, Business Insider reported. A company report showed that junior workers made up only 9% of new hires in technical departments in June, down from 27% in early 2025.

In May, Anthropic CFO Krishna Rao said that AI already writes 90% of the company's code. As a result, the company is changing what it looks for in office workers. Instead of mainly doing tasks themselves, workers are increasingly needed to check work, make good decisions, and plan ahead.

Rao said the company might still hire more people because “there's no shortage of work to do.”

According to Handley, people who write for companies need to become advisers who help leaders make decisions, rather than simply people who improve wording.

“Good writers have always been strategic, in the sense that they have always made choices about what goes on the page, and what does not,” Handley told Business Insider.

“The successful candidate isn't merely shaping language, but shaping thought leadership and how the team is presenting to the world,” she added. “That means knowing which ideas are worth owning, which are worth exploring, and which are just plain dumb.”

Joseph Braue, executive editor of Content Marketing Partners, told Business Insider that an important part of writing for companies is questioning claims that lack evidence, avoiding promises that cannot be kept, and refusing to publish weak material.

“The decisions I’ve regretted the most were times I didn’t push back enough on corporate or customer executives,” Braue said. He explained that although writers often work with AI, people must stay in control of the message and make sure everything is completely accurate.

Measuring impact beyond word counts

The salary for Anthropic's new role is much higher than the usual pay in the industry. For comparison, Amazon Web Services recently advertised an Executive Communications Manager job in Seattle with an annual salary range of $126,700 to $171,400.

To show that such high salaries are worth paying, experts say writers need to prove that their work helps the business. Josh Bernoff, a business strategy author and former executive with 20 years of experience, told the publication that producing lots of content does not prove a writer's value. Writers need clear evidence that their work makes a difference.

“If your job is to create market research reports, then you're only effective if people read those reports and say, 'here are the changes we're going to make on this product,'” Bernoff explained. “Your job is to move people and think about how to do it before you start writing.”

Braue advised writers who want to move forward in their careers to learn business terms and check whether sales leaders and other colleagues actually use their work.

“Learn basic marketing analytics. Understand attribution, conversion, and how a pipeline works,” Braue said. “Writers who speak revenue get promoted.”

Building evidence of original thought

For recent graduates starting their careers in a world shaped by AI, experts recommend focusing on original thinking and using AI carefully as a tool.

Bernoff suggested that people early in their careers should take writing classes and use AI to help with research and work faster, while writing the final words themselves.

In his yearly survey about how writers use AI, Bernoff found that many use it as a search engine or thesaurus, but fewer than 10% use AI-generated content as it is, without changes, for publication.

“If you're in a position to move your fellow students or people reading a school newspaper or your professors, then you're going to be taking the first step that's necessary to be able to move people in a corporate environment,” Bernoff advised.

Handley recommended that young professionals start a newsletter and publish a new edition every two weeks, no matter how many people read it.

“Maybe you'll learn to interview people or ask better questions or notice things others don't,” Handley said. “In doing so, you'll build a body of work that shows a potential employer that, sure, you can write, but most importantly, you can think, and you can engage on the page.”