is it easy to become a logistics/trucking dispatcher?
not talking about 911/emergency dispatch — mean the trucking/freight logistics kind. been looking into it as a possible side hustle/career option. anyone here actually done it or know someone who has?
trying to figure out:
do you need any certification or can you just get hired and trained on the job how much does experience in trucking/logistics actually matter to break in is remote dispatching (for trucking companies) a real thing or mostly a scam magnet what’s realistic pay like starting out vs after a year or two how stressful is it day to day
not trying to jump into anything blind, just weighing options. any real experiences or warnings welcome.
Getting the job, yes (if there’s any available). Keeping the job, maybe.
Service dispatcher is tough because you have to deal with customers and finicky technicians. No one wants to make your job easy and in fact feels like they are trying to sabotage you.
Trucking dispatcher is mostly automated in large businesses. Meaning a single person manages a whole warehouse or distribution center, and everyone else is just stocking shelfs or loading trucks.
For the local deliveries there’s two kinds, the regular scheduled (planned) deliveries and the parcel type like amazon delivery. The oncall parcel type is the most stressful and has the highest turnover. It’s usually subcontracted out so there’s very little stability.
Long haul deliveries is planned long in advance has lots of built in automation and requires someone that can plan far in advance and be willing to make decisions that can bankrupt companies because orders are lost or didn’t make it on time. They have strict schedules and operating procedures. So they are stressful jobs because a single mistake can be devastating but you are usually a cog in the machine so as long as you do your job, you should be fine.