Any one else have this problem?

I'm in the same situation working for this MEP engineering firm. I feel for you. My boss has told me in these exact words that work comes before anything including god and family and where would your family be with out you working? It really pisses me off but I deal with it for the experience of working in this field with lack of education but I'll be gone soon enough been put in 5 years already with the company. Another thing is my boss is Persian/Iran and that is just how he runs his company. I'm 30 minutes to an hour early every day for work but the second I'm a minute late to work I get in serious trouble. Oh and Monday and Friday you can NOT call off work or it's termination. I've been told by numerous people that he is breaking every law in the employee hand book but like I said I'll be gone once I get this experience heck I even worked 36 straight hours last month and got paid for 8 hours because I'm salary even had a cot in the office to sleep on for 15 minute breaks or so.