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Anthropic offers 172,000 euros a year for someone to do exactly the work an AI agent should be doing
Original title, in Spanish: “Anthropic ofrece 172.000 euros al año a alguien que quiera hacer exactamente el trabajo que debería hacer un agente de IA”
- Publication
- Xataka (Spain)
- Author
- Rubén Andrés
- Published on
- 16 October 2026 · read in the page structured data
Summary
Anthropic is hiring an administrative assistant in London to support its commercial executives, with a salary of around 172,000 euros a year, even though the company develops AI agents that could in theory perform this type of task. The article points out that AI can manage diaries and email but cannot exercise judgement in sensitive situations, according to Anna Bailey, founder of Pally Talk. A Pally Talk survey indicates that 68% of assistants made a business-critical decision on their own in 2025 without explicit approval. Dario Amodei (Anthropic) had estimated that AI could replace 10 to 20% of administrative jobs within one to five years. The article also cites McKinsey on the transformation rather than destruction of jobs, TechUK data on the fall in graduate job postings in the UK, and the case of Meta, which used human operators to supervise its Muse agent.
Summary based on the full text of the article.
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172,000 EUR
Annual salary offered by Anthropic for an administrative assistant position in London
'Administrative Business Partner' position, London office, Anthropic
« Nada menos que 145.000 libras anuales. Unos 172.000 euros al cambio. »
Source: CityAM
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20 %
Share of administrative employees that AI could replace according to Dario Amodei
Administrative employees, estimate over 1 to 5 years, according to Dario Amodei (CEO of Anthropic) in Axios, 2025
« Dario Amodei, CEO de Anthropic, advirtió en Axios en 2025 que la IA podría sustituir a entre el 10 y el 20% de los empleados administrativos en un plazo de uno a cinco años. »
Source: Axios
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68 %
Share of assistants who made a business-critical decision without explicit approval in 2025
Professional assistants, July 2026 survey published by Pally Talk
« Según los datos de una encuesta de julio de 2026 publicada por Pally Talk, el 68% de los asistentes tomaron usaron su criterio propio para tomar una decisión critica para el negocio durante 2025 sin haber recibido aprobación explícita. »
Source: Pally Talk
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-45 %
Year-on-year fall in graduate job postings in the UK in January
United Kingdom, graduate job postings, January, according to TechUK
« Según datos de TechUK, en Reino Unido las vacantes para los recién graduados cayeron en enero por debajo de las 10.000 ofertas, un 45% menos que un año antes. »
Source: TechUK
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8 %
Fall in graduate job postings in the UK according to the Institute of Student Employers
United Kingdom, graduate job postings, according to the Institute of Student Employers
« El Institute of Student Employers habla de un bajón algo menor que rondaría el 8%. »
Source: Institute of Student Employers
Classification
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Company size
- Large companies, All sizes
- Industries
- Software vendors, IT services companies, telecoms · Consulting, legal, accounting, business services · All industries, or industry not specified
- Companies
- TechUK (study author), Meta (cited), McKinsey (study author), Institute of Student Employers (study author), Anthropic (cited), Pally Talk (study author)
- Keywords
- AI agents, administrative assistants, recruitment, employment, Anthropic, task transformation
Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Xataka and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.