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Anthropic tells San Francisco staff to work from home due to possible security team strike
Anthropic staff were told they should not come to the AI company's San Francisco offices on Monday and Tuesday in case a security strike took place.
TL;DR
- Anthropic asked its San Francisco staff to work from home this week.
- The reason cited was a potential strike by office security workers.
- The union representing the security workers stated they had not called a strike or issued threats for this week.
- Anthropic's decision followed a notice from its security staffing firm, Allied Universal.
- The union is in contract negotiations with Allied Universal and other California security firms for improved wages, healthcare, and training.
- Security spending has increased in the tech industry due to threats against employees.
- Anthropic has a hybrid in-office policy requiring staff to be present at least 25% of the time.
- Anthropic is preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) as soon as August.