I'm going to try my best not to reveal a ton of information for reasons you'll soon understand, but here's the deal - I am sick and tired of constantly having my concerns at work get pushed aside or straight-up ignored. This is getting to a point where I'm starting to believe that the higher-ups have something against me for whatever reason.
I applied for an assistant manager promotion at the school's bus garage back in December, and didn't get it. No big deal; I wasn't expecting to get far with it due to my lack of experience. However, almost immediately after having my application rejected, that's when the dominos started falling. I mentioned before that I had a long-term sub route shoved onto my run for no extra pay without my approval, and all efforts to try and have them hand it to someone else have failed. As my run consists of two schools with two buses, having a third shoved in between is making me run late to the intended second school every day. I attempted to prove my point that older drivers cannot physically do the same thing as me by taking my time in getting the second bus ready after finishing the sub route, and they yelled at me for being too slow.

I'm now forced to add 15 minutes to my timecard to get the second bus ready BEFORE the run begins, and there are even days when it's being used until the last minute by someone else, thus I can't get it ready in time. If this happens, I can't get paid extra.
Oh, and I just found out that they approved the original driver a month-long vacation after their original medical return date, so I'm now stuck having to do this stupid route for the entirety of March. Meanwhile, I once tried to get an afternoon off for an important dentist appointment, and they said no, wait two more weeks and do it over break. Do you realize how unfair that is to me?
Even the other employees and drivers are failing to realize why I'm incredibly frustrated. I sent an email to HR complaining about my issue, and they completely sided with my boss, despite me clearly telling them about my concerns in as much detail as possible. Co-workers are not giving me any encouragement; I was told by someone to NEVER email HR about problems with my boss, and that I should treat them with more respect. Uh, hello? Do you realize my situation here? I'm clearly unhappy with what's been forced on me, and I've voiced my opinion quite loudly to everyone involved, yet they're treating my words like color bars on a TV.
Also, I've written up some students on my bus due to misbehavior, and the amount of time it is taking for administration to hand out punishments is unacceptable. I'm sometimes having to wait upwards of three weeks for someone to get suspended. For example, I witnessed someone kick another student with both feet, and the suspension was not handed out until three weeks AFTER the incident occurred. Ridiculous. The amount of communication between them and I is lacking greatly, and I once sent an email to them asking for a status update on several incidents. Of course, my boss comes in and tells me NEVER to email them, and that I have to wait. I've since written multiple concerns to my boss regarding these incidents hoping to speed up the process, but I'm assuming that they all get sent to the shredder. If I DO get a letter back, nothing happens afterward. Everyone is treating the incidents I'm facing like it's nothing, and that's abysmal. If you aren't going to suspend anyone, at least TELL ME WHY. I NEED TO KNOW YOUR REASONING. Jeez.
Overall, I feel abused and neglected by the higher-ups. The logical reasoning of some of their decisions is incredibly bad, and the communication of important concerns is lacking greatly as well. I may be forced to have another "talk" with my boss, and I'm expecting to receive the same automated answers as before. Needless to say, I'm most likely not going to sign the commitment form for the next school year, and may have to switch jobs as I need to start earning much more money so I can finally move out of the dump that is my parent's house. Pathetic.