I think I should leave the shop I’m currently at but I don’t know what’s best
The shop I’m currently at is the one that I apprenticed at. I’ve been there in total for about a year now and a half i think, but maybe less. I’ve progressed a lot in a short period of time and I’ve had other shops show interest towards me. So basically here’s the issue. My boss is wildly inappropriate. He has made jokes about my experience being sexually assaulted, he’s made sexually inappropriate jokes and remarks more times than I can count and all of this us with an air of “I’m just kidding though” and if I was to address it with him and ask him to stop it would only get worse. He has full volume screamed at me as well and he treats my coworkers pretty much the same way although I’ve noticed it’s usually worse towards women. There’s some days where he’s really cool and for lack of a better word “normal” but on the days when he’s there I’m mostly miserable, lots of weird insults and petty remarks too. The big problem I’m having is I adore my coworkers. They are very nice, talented, and we all get along very well to the point where I personally would consider them friends and it in a way feels like family. I’m being told that my boss is passing along the shop to my coworker soon and will no longer be working there. if that’s the case then I will absolutely want to stay but I don’t know how long I can wait for that. Another aspect here is I am making money pretty much only from walkins, I’m still new enough that I don’t really have consistent regulars. The new place that I’m considering going to would offer better work hours so I wouldn’t be working as long everyday with the potential of no pay which happens a good amount where I’m at, I would have a private room, it’s significantly closer to my house, and the women who own this shop previously worked for my boss and relate with me on basically everything I’ve mentioned here.
I just don’t want to let my coworkers down or potentially regret my decision but I guess regardless it’s going to be stressful but I was just wondering if anyone could offer some insight. Thank you 💗