It's a shame what happened to you, but (touch wood) I'm fairly confident in keeping my job this year. Other people will too.
Job market: At 8:30 a.m. ET, the Labor Department is expected to report that the economy lost 500,000 jobs in December, according to a consensus of analyst estimates compiled by Briefing.com. That compares with 533,000 jobs that were lost in November, which was a 34-year high.