IM wondering

Apparently most of my co-workers these days are professionals who do not work in front of a computer, as while most of them DO have an IM address, they are almost never online and apparently AFK when they are, as I can almost never get in an IM conversation with any of them. For that matter, my skype address book has essentially gone stale. I haven't had a skype voice conversation in months, and only rare chats.

Considering how many people at this point are unemployed and probably sitting in front of a computer a lot more than they otherwise would be, where IS everybody?