more than 2,200 walmart employees are now unemployed after the retail corporation announced it was temporarily closing five stores for ` extensive ' plumbing repairs .
workers at two texas stores , as well as in california , florida and oklahoma , were notified only a couple of hours before they lost their jobs .
almost 550 people lost their job at the pico rivera store in california alone .
full-time workers who are n't able to secure another job at the corporation by june could be eligible for a severance package , but part-time workers will not be eligible .