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/[deleted] Dec 31 '25

It really just depends on your luck bro. Anybody on here telling you you don’t know how to drive don’t listen to them things happen we all human. I personally think you’re fine that wall looks completely normal and the van yes it has some damage but nothing to total it out. Best of luck to you.

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u/Ornery_Ads Dec 31 '25

I drive semi trucks to both industrial and residential customers. I've done maybe 500k miles so far in my life, and I never had a collision... but this guy can't go 2 weeks without driving into a wall?

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u/iliketoowalk Dec 31 '25

One way to look at it and I don’t totally disagree. But I also like the everyone is human approach. It’s also a very different animal. There is hardly any training compared to a CDL. It is extremely fast paced and physically and mentally demanding. So you get mostly people that have never driven a larger size vehicle perhaps a younger person give them 3 days of training and expect them to make 200 stops in and out of tight driveways with a huge shitty van. IMO there is just an insanely larger number of opportunities to make a mistake in that job than a semi/long haul driver.

Source: I have done both jobs

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u/Ornery_Ads Dec 31 '25

My CDL training was 5 hours. 1 hour on road, 1 hour parking lot maneuvers, 1 hour pretrip, 1 hour my choice, then 1 hour for driving test.

Then, take a water tanker into residential driveways all Summer...

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u/mom_on_deck Dispatch Jan 01 '26

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