It’s a year to the day since Andy Jassy took over at Amazon. And despite 365 days having passed since Jeff Bezos ceded control, many of the company’s problems persist.

Worker unrest has grown to a fever pitch under Jassy. Amazon’s warehouse workers have been vocal for a while, but in the past year many pushed for — and in one case voted for — unionization.

• Jassy has said that Amazon would be better off without unions, and the company’s dumped money into anti-unionization consultants.

The S-Team reshuffle has continued. A few notable execs left Amazon before and around the time Jassy stepped in, including Charlie Bell, Jeff Wilke and Steve Kessel.

• More leaders left in recent weeks: Alicia Boler Davis, David Bozeman and Dave Clark.
• Filling the recent departures is important: Clark worked closely with Jassy, and Boler Davis and Bozeman were two of Amazon’s most senior Black execs.

Jassy’s antitrust battle has only gotten started. The FTC ramped up its probe into Amazon’s purchase of MGM earlier this year, and while the deal went through, the commission likely has a lot more in store on other fronts.

• The FTC now has a Democratic majority again with Alvaro Bedoya as the fifth commissioner. Bedoya could speed up a lawsuit against Amazon and push for more privacy rules.

Climate change remains a challenge. Bezos set major climate goals for Amazon before he stepped away, but the company’s been fairly quiet on the climate front since.

• In February, a report by the The Center for Investigative Reporting revealed that Amazon vastly undercounts some of its CO2 emissions, only counting emissions for the products it sells if they’re Amazon-branded products.

Bezos’ Hollywood ambitions are still alive. Amazon continued to churn out content, exclusively streamed an awards show and closed its $8.5 billion deal to buy MGM in March.

• But the efforts have been costly: the company spent $13 billion in 2021 on TV, film and music, up 18% from the prior year.

Jassy’s former stomping ground has done well since he handed the reins to Adam Selipsky. Its operating profit soared 57% in the first quarter of 2022, to $6.5 billion.

• But AWS has faced internal turmoil. The company opened a discrimination investigation last year following a petition alleging discrimination and harrassment. An investigation by Oppenheimer Investigations (funded by Amazon) found “no evidence” of discrimination, but Protocol’s Joe Williams reported that it’s hiding in plain sight.

Andy Jassy was never going to be Jeff Bezos 2.0. By all accounts he’s quieter and less intense than his predecessor, and no doubt he’s trying to run his own Amazon. But there’s still plenty to do. It may be Day 366 at the helm for Jassy, but he still needs to treat it like Day One.

— Sarah Roach (she/her/hers) and Nat Rubio-Licht (they/them/theirs)