Man, I join the ranks of the unemployed today. I worked for a small IT consulting and outsourcing company, on the outsourcing side, and one of our customers fired us unexpectedly, and didn't give us a chance to compete for the contract that is replacing ours. It hurt the revenue too much. I think I'm the first person the company has ever laid off in their near 20 year history.
It sucks because I liked my job, and I loved the company I worked for. The people I worked with were great and fun to work with.
Oh well. Good thing is, though that after posting on FB about my predicament, I already had four friends call me and offer some very effective help. Luckily a couple friends have lots of connections.