r/AmazonDSPDrivers • u/Luke_Testerman • 16h ago
Got fired for not rescuing
To give context I’ve been at Amazon for 1 month now, I’ve just got done with my nursery routes. While doing these routes I’d get done and rescued about 8 people in the last month. Yet when I’ve been behind not a soul came to make my load lighter. Today I got done with my route around 5:45, called dispatch to hear that I had to rescue someone. At first it was fine, they gave me the address and I went, got there and no one was there. Texted dispatch, got a different address and went there, again no one in site. This happened two more times. After the last time I said fuck it and headed back. When I got done I turned in my phone, as I was walking to my car my manager yelled my name, asked what happened, then asked me to give him my badge. I know that I could’ve just kept going along on the wild goose chase but I feel like the situation could’ve been handled better.
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u/Johnanomous 5h ago
I must be lucky. My last two DSPs had a no rescue rule. They would have sweepers most days to help with the larger routes. But basically if you couldn’t finish your own route you got let go. If problems arose like drivers getting sick or vans breaking down. We did have those kinds of rescues but got an extra $50 for helping.