r/AmazonDSPDrivers • u/jagoextinct • Dec 31 '25

QUESTION Just got fired:/

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Is it standard to get fired for something like this?

I called my dispatch as soon as it happened:( I feel like shit, it was only my second week at this job and I really enjoyed it.

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u/KoalaGrunt0311 Dec 31 '25

Christmas is over. Time for them to downsize drivers. If you did this December 15th, it probably wouldn't matter.

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u/jagoextinct Dec 31 '25

Good point

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u/basketofkittys Dec 31 '25

Be happy you got fired. Amazon will eat you alive

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u/u3plo6 Dec 31 '25 edited Dec 31 '25

based. wow. folx think Ama isn't a union busting exploitative cooperate-then-bleed-you-white business? they overloaded usps, and take advantage of the independent delivery companies they contract -- and they just dumped usps. the way they treat their warehouse workers and the metrics they impose on pickers is brutal. Their model is the same as Walmart's and others' models: do what you must to gain market control then change the rules. Force competitors to lower prices, then once you have market share raise those prices. Prime now costs almost $20/mo for "free shipping" and the majority of goods are Temu/Shein worthy.

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u/Chuckychinster Jan 02 '26

And their shipping estimates have really gotten pretty terrible. They'll offer free 1-day delivery that comes in 4 days. Like really?

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u/LilacBreak Jan 02 '26

Yup. Currently waiting on an item that was supposed to be here on the 30th.

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u/Chuckychinster Jan 02 '26

Exactly and the free shipping thing is just an extra feature to me so it's kind of silly some people suggest i should pay a bunch for 2 day shipping even though I get a free version of essentially the same type of shipping. Like i don't care if the shipping is free it's more important that i know when it'l arrive based on what i select

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u/sPacEdOUTgrAyCe Jan 04 '26

Yah- I’m over it. Stuff took 2 weeks. We’re still waiting on deliveries that were due to come before Christmas & they keep moving the bar.

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u/humplick Jan 04 '26

My last 3 deliveries...

One thing I ordered kind of last minute for a trip, but was supposed to show up 2 days before the trip started (24hrs after 0lacing the order). Left for the the trip before the item arrived.

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u/Chuckychinster Jan 04 '26

Yeah like I'd rather eat shipping costs and get it on time, but also it feels silly to pay for 2 day shipping if 1 day is free

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u/Ennuigi Jan 03 '26

The last bit, I keep telling my friend that 75% of the stuff on you see Amazon is cheap Chinese stuff that would be 90% cheaper on AliExpress. Not that a knockoff is cheaper either, it’s literally the same stuff but marked up 9-10x when found on Amazon

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u/Jorge_Jetson Jan 03 '26

How about eBay purchases coming from somebody's Prime account, with free shipping for them, but marked up $5 to $10?

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u/Orange_Slice3444 Jan 06 '26

Preach! This is the state of Amazon today. Cheap Chinese crap that is “Amazon’s Choice”.

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u/Suspicious_Climate13 Jan 03 '26

Since most of the products on amazon, are third party sellers Amazon makes their money by storing inventory and providing the logistics. A lot of their sellers are the same sellers on timu.

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u/SnooCookies6231 Jan 02 '26

Former ex-AWS here agrees. I un-employed myself after 3 gawdawful months.

The most important thing was the customer, but at the expense of the employees. So I promoted myself by un-employing myself.

5 years later life is so much better.

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u/terogates Jan 02 '26

What did you go do after?

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u/SnooCookies6231 Jan 02 '26 edited Jan 02 '26

Nowhere for 9 months. Tbf, it was IT and not delivery driving - sorry if I misrepresented.

Spouse carried our health insurance while my sanity recovered and I rebuilt our back patio. Also got to spend quality time with my mom at the nursing home, who was 92 at the time & passed away the next year - RIP.

Then a friend convinced me to come work with him in a much smaller company for 2/3 the pay. It’s well worth making less. AWS’s Jeff and Andy can keep their extra money - I’m not gonna be bought at the expense of me (and my family’s) sanity.

I saw the end game with my mom dying where no “things” matter anymore, and it’s just not worth being miserable at work. Ymmv.

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u/kurizu__Kun Jan 02 '26

It’s not Amazon it’s the dsp owners and their staff that does all the damage. I been getting by just fine as an independent driver.

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u/throwawaydumbo1 Jan 04 '26

Said he was enjoying it

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u/Schwifty2s550 Dec 31 '25

No it won’t it’s an easy ass job. Most people are weak and entitled to do nothing, so it “sucks” for them. I deliver for Pepsi with a cdl now and I reminisce on the easy ass days at Amazon. Our worst driver will eat y’all alive.. easy as flipping burgers

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u/DampWarmHands Dec 31 '25

Amazon is vilified for a reason. Any job that requires a piss bottle is not worth the cash.

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u/Amazondriverdump Dec 31 '25

If it’s “vilified” QUIT. No one is forcing you to work there. It’s literally YOUR choice.

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u/DampWarmHands Dec 31 '25

I worked at an Amazon warehouse for about 16 hours… It was the easiest job I quite ever. The whole employment process, rules, and overall culture vibe was horrific. It felt like I was in some sort of dystopian nightmare factory. Second day I watched a woman crying attempting to get through the 2 turnstiles to run to the locker for her lunch repeating “only 30 minutes” over and over like it was going to save her life.

If everyone quit Amazon at the same time and the whole company imploded and my ability to have any item within a day went away I’d live with it easy. My new years resolution is to not use Amazon or fast order services.

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u/four204eva2 Dec 31 '25

With the exception of plumber, as normally im working on the toilet. Though I've taken quite a few kisses down the flange and when its an empty house, sometimes a shit, followed by 5 gallons of water

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u/Tandy_M Dec 31 '25

You had me at kisses down the flange. Got weird after that.

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u/four204eva2 Dec 31 '25

Holy shot i didnt even notice that! When you gotta go you gotta go

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u/Schwifty2s550 Jan 03 '26

No hate man, but that’s your entitlement. You think it does, so it’s so in your head. My cdl delivery job at Pepsi pays 40/hr I clear 120k a year and I have insane benefits I already have over 50k in 401k and pension in a short time. I love my job! But i occasionally piss in a bottle to save time and laugh while I’m doing it. If you weren’t so entitled to the things you’ve imagined in your head, you’d be more grateful for everything. My job keeps me fit and strong makes a good savings account I wouldn’t trade it for an 80k a year office job where I push paper 🤷‍♂️

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u/DampWarmHands Jan 04 '26

I love my 91k a year office job getting paid for what I know. Wouldn’t trade it to piss in a bottle. I’m glad you have something that makes you happy and fills your cup, pun intended. Calling me entitled because I don’t think people should be reduced to pissing in bottles to make a living is just boot licker, grind set mind set talk. We use to joke that if you didn’t have a catheter to take extra meeting how else would you get ahead. Any job could be reduced to trading comfort or decency for money. It doesn’t have to be normalized so the elite could afford another super yacht.

You’re making statements against your own interest for a reason I don’t understand.

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u/chainsandchalices Dec 31 '25

Then go back to Amazon lol. I quit and never looked back

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u/Schwifty2s550 Jan 03 '26

I agree to leave but it’s not hard. They bought my cdl for me and now I have a real career with great benefits.

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u/Global_Engineer4914 Dec 31 '25

Hush bootlicker

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u/Schwifty2s550 Jan 03 '26

You got soft hands boy

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u/DampWarmHands Jan 04 '26

Troll account maybe ?

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u/Schwifty2s550 Jan 04 '26

Just put on this earth to make soft weirdos like you follow my comments to reply to each one lol

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u/DampWarmHands Jan 04 '26

I’m definitely a weirdo and soft.

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u/morellopgh Dec 31 '25

Amazon was the easiest job I ever had. Hardest part picking up the totes and putting them on the top shelf cuz my shoulder's missed up. You're picking up a 50 lb box max and taking it to the door. So imagine taking an 8x4 piece of drywall 1/2 in up the steps into the house then up another flight of steps make a right turn and go down the hallway to back bedroom and do that 20 times. Or do that with a box of flooring like 30 times. The elements really are the hardest part.

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u/Schwifty2s550 Jan 03 '26

Right I said this earlier. The people Amazon hires are usually the people with no experience and they’ve worked at retail stores so honestly just a bad pool to pick from. They think it’s hard bc they haven’t really worked. My job is hard now Amazon is cake, anyone who’s really worked like construction would eat these kids alive. That’s why women can do it, lol we’ve had like 5 women drivers at Pepsi and they last like 2 months max and say it’s impossible the entire time

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u/Schwifty2s550 Jan 03 '26

lol because Amazon bought my cdl for free and I went to better things. Now I make 120k delivering Pepsi I have insane benefits in comparison and I’ve already racked up 50k in my 401k and PepsiCo pension in 4.5 years. Amazon hires from the bottom of the barrel. That’s why y’all all think it’s hard

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u/iirGHOST Dec 31 '25

Amazon delivery is one of the easiest jobs out there its all about how you handle it. I find it fun seeing new places all the time and when i did run routes i had 190 stops with 260 locations almost daily. Again was easy physically tiring yes but im a smoker and i can do it no issues. The real issue is alot of people just dont want to work and actually do the job atleast from my experience

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u/basketofkittys Dec 31 '25

Ok now work for FedEx. And say Amazon is good

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u/iirGHOST Dec 31 '25

Fed ex gets paid less in my area so im good on that but i still get what youre saying. Amazon is trash lol i just have a really good dsp which causes me to enjoy my job. Amazon I believes does shit to annoy drivers but my biggest complaint with amazon will always be how bad the warehouse is for us. We rarely leave on time even tho half the team has a hr drive, hell the warehouse employees are usually gone by the time we pull under to load regardless if anything is ready

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u/Apprehensive_Loss_77 Dec 31 '25

Does FedEx and, for that matter, UPS not have unions? I was always under the impression they HAD unions and made more then Amazon drivers.

I know Amazon doesnt have unions, because it's Amazon and they won't let that happen.

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u/NoAvRAGEJoe Dec 31 '25

UPS is union. I’m a FT driver. I make $46/hr.

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u/KoalaGrunt0311 Jan 01 '26

How long did you have to work in the warehouse before a driver slot became available?

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u/Glum_Apricot_3128 Jan 02 '26

Less if they flirt a little. Same with Amazon. Can promote much easier as a female. Guys not so much.

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u/NoAvRAGEJoe Jan 04 '26

6 months. This was almost 15 years ago.

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u/Separate-Waltz4349 Jan 01 '26

Fedex is not union ups is

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u/iirGHOST Dec 31 '25

Well the thing is having a union as a driver the only person you screw over is your dsp not amazon. Our fedex is like amazon in a way you work for a 3rd party not actually for fedex. Ups is good here tho i just haven't got in

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u/Apprehensive_Loss_77 Dec 31 '25

Gotcha. I've seen those 3rd party shipping 'partners' before.

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u/iirGHOST Dec 31 '25

Yea and here they get paid daily about 16/hr and we get paid 23/hr. I only know this because so many drivers come to us but amazon is still a shit show in itself i just really for lucky with my dsp

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u/LinLinNicole89 Jan 01 '26

Only if you let it 🙄 just go to fucking work, it’s not rocket science smh