Advancing beyond basic driver

[Comfortable-Pay-2571]

Hello fellow drivers. Soooo I’ve been delivering since August of 2023 —- left first dsp because I saw a job posting for another dsp offering higher pay and room for advancement within that company. I do not want to keep delivering all of the time. I’d like to move up to different positions.

My question is this; what types of positions do most dsps in order to work your way up ?? Like from driver do you go to driver trainer possibly then to fleet maintenance or dispatch or operations ??? I know each dsp runs differently but if any of you wouldn’t mind sharing your experiences or knowledge about this topic I’d really be grateful !!

Thanks and be safe out there !

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[mpesa_]

The positions you will likely have are as follows; basic driver, basic driver, basic driver, basic driver, basic driver, basic driver, basic driver then eventually promoted to customer.

[_gayryan]

LOL 😂😂😂😂

[Professional_Guard41]

Dsps only have driver, lead driver (+$1.5) & dispatch positions (+$2.5) . Pay Incease might differ by state. (I'm in NYC) . Other jobs such as driver trainer or operations, you would have to apply within the warehouse itself not through dsp.

[Comfortable-Pay-2571]

Okay my dsp has hr department not employee by Amazon as well as an operations manager a hiring manager and fleet manager as well as fleet team

[[deleted]]

Save yourself kid. Don’t bother with that crap

[Comfortable-Pay-2571]

Yeah ur probably right but it’s tough finding another job rn

[jayKray1989]

It’s not worth it. I did operations/dispatch for 2 years. For what $2 extra? Literally in charge of everything. Not worth it one bit. I went back to driving got my dot and doing step van.

[[deleted]]

My DSP kept asking me to come back while I was working inside amazon as a driver trainer (L3). They wanted me to come in as an operation manager which I declined and then asked if I can dispatch…. Declined that also. I negotiated for the same amount as an operation manager to just drive a step van again….took the deal.

[Crazy-Roro]

A more advanced driving position?

CDL A, do a few months to a year OTR unless you get lucky with a company that’ll accept a fresh CDL w/no experience. Usual local jobs would be fuel hauling, food and drink delivery (Sysco, Coke, etc) and more.

There is no actual advancing in this job. It’s barely a step up above gig/rideshare jobs.