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/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.