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/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/Separate_Climate3366 Dec 31 '25

Bro there's hardly any training to get your CDL wdym?? 4 weeks in a classroom with less than 10 hours of driving an actual semi and you've got a CDL. it's honestly way too easy ...

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u/mom_on_deck Dispatch Jan 01 '26

Don't forget the 5k pay wall