Rate Year 1 for Andy Jassy, Jeff Bezos replacement

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Okay, how many of you knew who Andy Jassy was? Be honest!

Anyway, he's finished his first year. What grade would you give his ceo debut at Amazon?

Some highlights:

Covid-19 and record inflation
Stock price suffering its steepest quarterly drop since 2001
First quarterly loss since 2015
Unions, overstaffed warehouses, and empty warehouses
Key execs leaving (svp, vp, and Dave Clark leaves one yr after his new gig?)

I give him a 6. Amazon is still in business, global challenges are the norm these days so tough cookies.

qwertyCoder · Accepted Answer

Everyone in AWS would know who he was. I don't think the key execs leaving is his fault. The fact that he got promoted to CEO of all of Amazon means anyone else that was eyeing that spot (or any other positions he instated) are going to leave.

undertone · Answer

I give him a 9. I feel like it’s easy to underestimate what running Amazon may be like. Takes crazy dedication.

UltronMajesty · Answer

The thing I don't understand about all this economy talk is, why were companies expecting things to stay the same when literally the entire world was on lockdown and could only buy from their phones? Did they expect the pandemic to rage on for a decade or something?

Memoranda2 · Answer

A lot of these things were just bad timing. Who would have thought there'd be a war during a pandemic that had already disrupted the global economy? I can't blame him for what he inherited.

19g617l4n47pa3 · Answer

As a customer of AWS Andy Jassy was highly visible.  I couldn’t name a single other Amazon exec.It’s tough to hold those reins when a very long charismatic founder leaves.

Rate Year 1 for Andy Jassy, Jeff Bezos replacement

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