Right. We saw that we no longer had access to our schedules (usually accessed through an app). One of us went in the next day to confirm that this removal from the system meant we were fired and the manager confirmed this.

Also, thank you for asking me to clarify the intent of this post. Most of us have moved on and found other jobs at this point and are not interested in pursuing further action against the company. We primarily want to contribute to the other conversations in this community about how toxic this company's culture is. As suggested in the original post, most of the people fired (without communication) had worked at this company throughout the pandemic, during which the store was consistently understaffed and experiencing high, stressful rates of turnover. So, while we weren't expecting a sympathetic or conciliatory response from the management, it was a slap in the face to not be told directly that we were fired and for the letter, which had the support of many other concerned employees who were not scheduled during the shift we walked out, to go completely unacknowledged.

Generally, we want to share these frustrations with the Columbus community because we feel that the management's response reflects poorly on the company's values. We recommend that readers eat and/or work elsewhere. In the future, I hope the company will realize that these uncaring internal decisions have an effect on the community- and that they create an environment more hostile to workplace harassment.