I work at a local kitchen. I've stayed this long out of loyalty and honestly routine. We've lost a lot of people lately. It's been rough lately, I won't begin to get into it now because I won't stop. But we can't even get the work done in a night to have things completely ready for the next day, beyond just having things physically set.
I'm one of the top people there outside of management now. I wanted to call in today because I'm mentally and physically exhausted but I went anyways. Wish I called out, except for the fact that another coworker (who's been there even longer) was so grateful for help.
It's too much lately, and our business is busier. But there is (a second) mutiny brewing. Tomorrow I'm going to talk to my manager and recommend the place closes an hour earlier. I know it can be done since both managers have closed early when they stay nights. Mostly because we don't have all our shit done or even close to, like lately. We're still training several new employees so we could use a little leeway to make this work. Honestly, otherwise, the long haulers will burn out and quit, and this place will be closed by fall.