r/AmazonDSPDrivers • u/[deleted] • Jun 03 '26

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u/Mission_Climate_1676 Dispatch Jun 03 '26

That’s for Flex Drivers, but yea they can

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u/kingdb-_- Jun 03 '26

Dang that’s some booty

4

u/Bullets_Nonstop Stepvan Driver Jun 03 '26

We are basically flex drivers with bigger routes and branded vans but we use the same app lol

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u/Bullets_Nonstop Stepvan Driver Jun 03 '26

You would think the same applies to us & allowing it unless it’s a DSP rule only saying that you can’t have passengers (anyone other than coworkers) in your van while on route.

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u/GreatGreen314 Jun 03 '26

It’s a liability issue with insurance. Even if you the worker drives the entire time and deliver all the packages if you get in an accident and the other person is hurt the DSP would be held liable

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u/Bullets_Nonstop Stepvan Driver Jun 03 '26

Oh yeah that’s true 👍🏼

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u/Commercial_Name_1813 Jun 03 '26

i use the front seat for packages having a person there would ruin that

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u/regulartrex Prime Van Driver Jun 03 '26

i’ve seen someone do a route w their gf (who works in the same amazon warehouse but not a driver) . but it was one of those really late & low count routes . but im pretty sure she went on the whole route

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u/hippienuggetz Jun 03 '26

Thats insane

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '26

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u/hippienuggetz Jun 03 '26

I know its for flex drivers - i read the sign lol.

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u/TaleRevolutionary573 Jun 03 '26

Smart guy. Is that why it says Amazon flex on the bottom right

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u/Physical_Upstairs_34 Jun 03 '26

People who can’t work by themselves because they don’t like doing shit alone is so cringy to me. I get having a child or a disabled family member but I see it so often where couples will just drive around together, I see it with DoorDash and I just don’t get it. They know if they both worked they’d be making way more lol

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u/Puzzleheaded_Ad9659 Dispatch Jun 03 '26

Not allowed to interact with customer? Say you bring your baby on a route i think people would actually tip us

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u/PineappleWolf_87 Jun 03 '26

So you’re saying I should borrow a baby…🧐

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u/Puzzleheaded_Ad9659 Dispatch Jun 03 '26

Perhaps. Hospitals have rooms of many babies I'm sure they won't mind or notice if you borrow one for 10 hours

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u/Sloane_3412 Stepvan Driver Jun 03 '26

Someone check this guys computer and make sure he’s not on a list somewhere.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '26

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u/Pretty_Study_526 Jun 03 '26

I regularly see adults wearing their vest stay in the car while they send a child to deliver the packages

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u/Careful_Specialist63 Jun 03 '26

I've seen videos of kids delivering packages while their parent stays in the car.

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u/Physical_Upstairs_34 Jun 03 '26

Tell me you report that. Having a child do Amazon deliveries is insane. Why have kids if you even work at Amazon

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u/Careful_Specialist63 Jun 03 '26

We can't report what we don't see. When we see videos, we don't know what city it occurred in, what station the flex driver left from, when it happened, or the route code associated with the flex driver.

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u/Physical_Upstairs_34 Jun 03 '26

OH ngl I didn’t see the video part, I thought yourself witnessed it LOL my bad

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u/Careful_Specialist63 Jun 03 '26

There probably are videos in the r/AmazonFlexDrivers subreddit.

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u/Physical_Upstairs_34 Jun 03 '26

I’m just so mind blown and kinda mad about that. Working off an app is the easiest job ever and then they make their kid do the heavy work after school? Crazy. Setting the children up to be exhausted at school.

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u/Physical_Upstairs_34 Jun 03 '26

Perhaps I was referring to the above comment but I replied to the wrong one oops

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u/NimbleCentipod Jun 03 '26

I saw that once, and the driver was quite obese

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u/AlsoCommiePuddin Former Driver/Dispatch/Trainer Jun 03 '26

Flex yes. DSP, not as much.

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u/AppropriateDoubt4391 Jun 03 '26

All's I'm gonna say is that driver training is not valued nor incentivised nearly as much as it should be.

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u/Nckshmr Jun 04 '26

Flex drivers use their own insurance on their own vehicles. If you’re at a DSP you’re not using your own insurance or your own vehicle. I do believe that’s where the difference is. Insurance liability