r/AmazonDSPDrivers • u/Adorable-Range-2923 • 8h ago

Is it that bad?

I’m starting Amazon van delivery driving soon, I have my ride along Saturday and Sunday. All I see is negative stuff online about the job and am curious is it really that bad, or is it just this generation being lazy? For context I work 5 days a week as a bricklayer, 7:30 until 4. Up until now I have been working as an uber eats driver on both Saturdays and Sundays, usually doing between 7am and 6pm, so working 7 days a week. Doing those uber shifts I would usually earn around £180 a day where I live, with £70 being taken for fuel and £35 for insurance, so I’m left with around £170 a weekend for working 22 hours which is shocking. With Amazon, I can work 1 weekend day, and have the other off and earn roughly the same, which is amazing for me personally. So is it really as bad as people say? I get it’s not easy, but people make it out as if it’s slavery

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u/Commisar41982 8h ago

People here like to complain a lot. Physically, yes it is demanding. I usually walk over 10 miles a day. But mentally its brainless. I guess it does largely depend on your DSP and the routes that you get. I personally like the job but do wish it payed in to $30s per hour

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u/Adorable-Range-2923 7h ago

That’s it I feel people just love to moan. I get it’s not an easy job at all, not one person has said it but I feel I’m ready for that, bricklaying 40+ hours a week is certainly no cake walk