I need some second opinions here... and also an outlet to vent lmao

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So, a while back, our SM went on paternal leave and another SM took over temporarily. SM2 used to be an SM at burger king. She hired like 8 new people (we're a TINY MIDDLE OF NOWHERE STORE that somehow gets a shit ton of traffic because the other middle of nowhere towns around us dont have sbux. and no they wont renovate to make our store bigger to account for the traffic.) and 3 of them were from the burger king she worked at. I normally wouldnt care this much but... these people specifically are absolutely incompetent. They've been here for a couple months now, one of them doesn't even say hi to partners and mumbles inaudibly in the drive thru and still asks me "does a caramel macchiato get drizzle", another one tries to shit talk partners and "eyeballs" drinks (like 9 pumps in smth that gets 5) and has verbally harrassed and screamed at a shift lead during closing for trying to coach her when she did something wrong (that something wrong was trying to wash parts of the espresso bar in the... HANDWASHING sink?), and the third one is just 16 so i let him slide usually but he just... doesn't care. SM2 also continuously scheduled us out of our availability and just said "work it out with each other" when confronted.

SO shit got so bad that corporate ruled it as sabotage and made her provide proof that she was seeking counseling of some sort for her bipolar, etc. Our original SM decided not to come back, took a demotion, moved to another store.

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Enter SM3. She's sweet. Quiet. Polite. And of course, a total pushover. Also she was hired from outside the company, which would be fine, if her trainer wasn't SM2.

SM3 doesn't understand vital workings of the store, schedules us out of our availability and then doesn't do anything about it, won't write up the belligerant burger king hire, won't talk to our DM about the dumpster fire thats become of our store, outed the deadnames of her 2 trans partners when posting everyones phone numbers on the fridge, kind of just brushes everything off. I have a heart condition and if I start getting palpitations I need to get off the floor for a sec to breathe it down. I tried expressing this to her and she goes "Well, if we have the coverage." Like... you're gonna lose me for all of my coverage Forever if you don't let me get it under control lmao. DGMW she's generally kind and tries to understand, she's definitely not the worst, I just wish she'd take more action and not be so passive.

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I go to school in a different area, about an hour or so out. The starbucks in that town has a consistent staff, always seems under control, and they do fun things and handle things well and its really refreshing to see. Of course its stressful still sure, but I've gone during peak and they seem to just handle things so much better. I talked to a couple of the partners there about stuff, the SM told me she has space for me if I decide to transfer there... And honestly I've been considering it if things don't shape up here.

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But then I wonder if I'm just burnt out in general with this job. Like, I go to work and I have to do 2 other peoples jobs for them AND my own and get underpaid for it (its $9/hr where i live since our min wage is still $7.25. and tips arent good enough to change that much out here) and I just dread going. I really just. Don't like it. I like making coffee! But I hate the fast foodification of it. And the management turnovers have exhausted me. My eczema has broken out again full scale. I'm worried transferring would just be the same thing. Another turnover, same job that makes me feel exploited and subhuman.

I wonder if I stick it out things would ever get better.

Or if I just need to get out. I graduate next semester... I have enough money saved from pinching real hard to get me by I think until I graduate. But that relies on me finding a job immediately after I graduate.

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TLDR; 3 different SMs in under 6 months, the first was the only decent one, second one sabatoged the store, third one brushes off legitimate concerns from partners. offered a position at a store in another area, but worried im just burnt out at this point.

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Has anyone else experienced this level of chaos and feeling unheard, like no one above you really cares, and like you've burnt out and your only option is to leave? I come home and cry most shifts because its so exhausting anymore to deal with it all.

Any advice?