Anthropic CEO 据称担忧新员工只在乎钱

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AI 行业的人才争夺已将薪资推向极高水平，各家公司提供的薪酬方案，在几年前可能还难以想象。据 Axios 报道，这一趋势让 Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei 感到担忧。据称，他担心加入公司的新人才看重的是钱，而不是公司的使命。

考虑到 Anthropic 为一些通常薪资低得多的职位提供了令人咋舌的薪酬，Amodei 的这番言论可能显得颇为讽刺。例如，该公司一则面向品牌营销活动负责人的招聘信息显示，该职位年薪为 32 万至 40 万美元。

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与此同时，美国劳工统计局的数据显示，2024 年 5 月，会议、活动和展会策划人员的平均薪资为 59,400 美元，详见美国劳工统计局数据。这意味着 Anthropic 提供的薪资约为行业平均水平的 6 倍。

Amodei 据称表达的担忧很快在网上引发反响。一位知名工程师在 X 上发文，指出了其中的讽刺意味。

“如果看重的是使命而不是薪酬，那就把薪资定在主要竞争对手之下，看看还有谁会加入。”《The Pragmatic Engineer》专栏作者 Gergely Orosz 在 X 上写道，“当然，这不只是钱的问题，但考虑到 AI 公司已经为早期员工创造了几代人都难以企及的财富，钱显然是一个重要因素。”

钱是驱动力吗？

员工受到金钱驱动并不令人意外。据 Gallup 调查，2025 年，更高的薪资和更好的福利是求职者最关注的问题之一；在考虑是否接受一份工作时，54% 的受访者认为薪酬“非常重要”。

尤其是在 AI 领域，随着头部公司竞相争夺最优秀的人才，相关职位的薪资已经大幅上涨。薪酬取决于地点、资历和公司规模等多项因素，但年薪达到六位数、甚至有时达到七位数的情况并不少见。

据 Forbes 报道，机器学习工程师的平均总薪酬在 18 万至 35 万美元之间。不过，OpenAI、Anthropic 和 Meta 等顶尖公司的杰出 AI 研究人员，薪酬可能超过 100 万美元。

员工也在瞄准更具吸引力的方案，例如入职股权。据 Axios 报道，一些研究人员正在寻求获得 Anthropic 或 OpenAI 等公司的股权，以期在这些公司可能进行 IPO 之前取得相关权益。

AI 招聘趋势

AI 公司愿意为顶尖人才支付高价，因此，备受追捧的专业人士受到金钱驱动并不令人震惊。Axios 报道称，AI 研究人员正在各大领先公司之间流动，这让他们能够争取高额薪酬，同时自主选择希望效力的公司。

今年 6 月，Google DeepMind 的两名知名研究人员离开了公司。其中一人加入 OpenAI，另一人加入 Anthropic。2025 年，Meta 从一家 AI 初创公司挖走了其 CEO，这家初创公司的创始人之一是 OpenAI 联合创始人。

Apple 甚至对 OpenAI采取了法律行动，指控该公司利用内部代号获取潜在招聘对象的信息。

然而，顶尖研究人员向 Axios 表示，金钱并不是他们唯一的动力。他们称，能否获得计算资源、在行业中的影响力，以及围绕这项技术存在的理念差异，也都会发挥作用。

尽管使命、企业文化以及塑造变革性技术的机会都会影响职业选择，但 AI 行业不断上涨的薪资和慷慨的股权方案已经从根本上改变了人才市场。

对于 Anthropic 这样的公司而言，挑战可能在于证明公司的使命足以留住人才，尤其是在竞争对手愿意开出更大支票的情况下。

本文最初发表于 Moneywise.com，原标题为：Anthropic CEO reportedly worried new hires only care about money — while hiring an event planner for 6x the going rate

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The AI industry's talent war has pushed salaries to extraordinary heights, with companies offering compensation packages that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. According to Axios, the trend is worrying Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who reportedly expressed concern about new talent coming to the company for the money rather than the mission.

The comments may be seen as ironic coming from Amodei, considering Anthropic offers some eye-watering salaries for jobs that typically pay much less. Take a job posting for a brand marketing events lead at the company, which lists an annual salary ranging from $320,000 to $400,000.

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Meanwhile, the average pay for meeting, event and convention planners was $59,400 in May 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That means Anthropic is offering around six times the industry average.

Amodei's alleged concerns quickly generated reaction online, with one prominent engineer taking to X to call out the irony.

"If it's about the mission not the pay, pay below key competitors and see who joins," wrote Gergely Orosz, author of The Pragmatic Engineer column, on X. "It's not just about the money ofc but it's an important factor given the generational wealth AI companies created for early employees already."

Is money the motivator?

Employees being driven by money isn't exactly surprising. According to Gallup, in 2025 better pay and benefits were a top concern for job seekers; 54% of poll respondents rated pay as very important when considering whether to take a job.

AI jobs in particular have seen salaries skyrocket, as top companies race to secure the best talent. Compensation depends on a number of factors, such as location, seniority and company size, but salaries run into the six — sometimes even seven — figure range.

The average compensation for a machine learning engineer ranges from $180,000 to $350,000, according to Forbes. However, distinguished AI researchers at top firms, such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta, can hit over $1 million.

Employees are also setting their sights on even more lucrative deals, such as sign-on equity. According to Axios, some researchers are seeking equity in companies such as Anthropic or OpenAi before their potential IPOs.

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The AI hiring trend

With AI companies willing to pay top dollar for top talent, it's not shocking that highly sought after professionals would be driven by money. AI researchers are moving between leading companies, giving them leverage to command high compensation while choosing which companies they want to work for, per the Axios report.

In June, two prominent Google DeepMind researchers left the company. One went to OpenAI, the other to Anthropic. In 2025, Meta poached the CEO of an AI startup launched by the co-founder of OpenAI.

Apple has even taken legal action against OpenAI, accusing the company of using internal codenames to extract information about prospective hires.

However, top researchers told Axios that money isn't their only motivator. Access to computing power, influence and ideological differences about the technology all also play a role, they say.

Still, while mission, culture and the opportunity to shape transformative technology all influence career decisions, the industry's soaring salaries and generous equity packages have fundamentally changed the market.

For companies like Anthropic, the challenge may be proving that the mission is enough to keep them, especially now that competitors are willing to write even bigger checks.

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