i've been working freight at a grocery store for a few months now. started with 4 of us, 2 guys quit and for a month and a half my coworker and i were basically expected to work our butts off to make sure everything got done. we were scheduled sometimes 9 days in a row (different weeks so no overtime) we now have 3 of us and immediately when we got this new guy they threw even more unrealistic expectations onto us (expected to finish the entire load) which is a 4 person job. our boss has also literally screamed at us for not finishing he's going through a divorce so he already going through it) now this company is one of those “employee owned” companies in a small town (pop 1500) so in other words “we can work you to death and you can't do anything about it because your retirement depends on us” there is no union so im not sure what to do. if someone requests time off we're expected to cover ” that's just how it is” as my boss has said. now they clearly need us more than we need them so how should me and my co workers go about this? we're 19, 23 and 23 and not working here forever so the retirement benefits mean nothing to us.