I spoke to family and friends this weekend regarding my recent termination. I found out my sister in law was laid off last week. I also learned that almost everyone in my family and various friends are nervous about layoffs at their place of employment.

The remarkable thing here is that everyone in my family and friends work in fairly unique industries in different locations around the country. It is remarkable that the job layoffs come from all across the board. We’ve seen the disintegration of construction, housing, banking, and real estate jobs over the past two years but now we’re on a whole new wave of job losses tied to industries such as retail, energy, engineering, and other white collar jobs.

With most cities and states facing huge shortfalls, I think it’s only a matter of time before government jobs start to go and I’m wondering if anyone will have a job in 10 months.