Anthropic
San Francisco, CA · founded 2021
Anthropic is an AI safety company founded in 2021 by former OpenAI executives to research safe AI systems; Claude is its flagship LLM. Work-life balance is the clear weak spot—reviewers cite intense pace and rapidly shifting priorities as the cost of moving fast on frontier AI research. The company has been prominent in public disputes over military use restrictions, copyright settlements, and cybersecurity incidents.
see the full file on Anthropicdocumented benefits (21)
| Birthing-parent leave | 22 weeks |
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| Partner leave | 22 weeks |
| How leave is framed | equal_all_parents |
| Fertility support | yes |
| Relocation | yes |
| Retirement match | offered |
| Charitable donation match | yes |
| Mental health | yes |
| Dental | yes |
| Vision | yes |
| Disability | yes |
| Life insurance | yes |
| Days in office | 1.25 |
| Office policy | Location-based hybrid policy: all staff expected in an office at least 25% of the time; some roles require more, and individual postings can specify up to 3 days per week. |
| Unlimited PTO | yes |
| Food | multiple_meals |
| Commuter benefit | yes |
| Wellness stipend | $6,000 |
| Learning budget | offered |
| Home-office stipend | offered |
| Fertility benefit through | Carrot |
notable perks
- Equity donation matching: Anthropic matches your charitable donations of equity 1:1, up to 25% of your equity grant
- $500/month flexible wellness and 'time saver' stipend, meant for things that buy back your time as well as fitness
- Fertility and family-building support through Carrot Fertility
- Remote staff who live further out come into the office just one week per month
the legal floor where they are
Set by law, not by Anthropic. It applies to every employer in CA.
| IVF cycles the state covers | California requires IVF from 1 January 2026, and only from large employers. SB 729 (2024) rewrote Health and Safety Code § 1374.55 so that a large group health care service plan contract 'issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, shall provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility and fertility services, including a maximum of three completed oocyte retrievals with unlimited embryo transfers', following ASRM guidelines and using single embryo transfer where medically appropriate. Large group means 100 or more employees. Small group plans need only be OFFERED the coverage rather than provide it, religious employers are excluded, Medi-Cal managed care is exempt, and CalPERS plans are delayed to 1 July 2027. The original 1 July 2025 date was pushed back a budget trailer bill, AB 116 (2025). THE LIMIT THAT DECIDES WHETHER THIS REACHES YOU: a state insurance mandate binds only fully insured plans. A self-funded employer plan is governed federally under ERISA and is preempted, and KFF's 2025 employer survey puts 67% of covered workers — 80% at firms of 200 or more — in a self-funded plan. At most large California employers this law therefore does not apply, and the fertility benefit on the page is the company's own choice. (Senate Bill 729 (2024), which repealed and added Section 1374.55 of the Health and Safety Code and amended Section 10119.6 of the Insurance Code; the operative date was moved from 1 July 2025 to 1 January 2026 by Assembly Bill 116 (2025).) |
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| Adoption leave the law gives | 12 workweeks of UNPAID job-protected leave in any 12-month period on the placement of a child for adoption or foster care, and only for employees who meet the FMLA eligibility test. There is no federal paid adoption leave. (Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(B) and 2612(c); eligibility at 29 U.S.C. 2611(2) and (4). Quoted from the 2023 edition of the US Code.) |
| Pay when you are ill | No federal law requires any paid sick leave. The FLSA does not require payment for time not worked, and the FMLA gives 12 workweeks of UNPAID job-protected leave in any 12-month period for a serious health condition, and only for employees who meet the FMLA eligibility test. Any paid sick time comes from a state or city law, or from the employer's own choice. (Fair Labor Standards Act, per the Department of Labor's statement on payment for time not worked; Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(D) and 2612(c). Quoted from the 2023 edition of the US Code on govinfo.gov.) |
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