Just got notified of jobs for next year. Apparently Monash feel I'm going to make a good anaesthetic trainee. However, the same cannot be said for some of my colleagues and there was the awkward moment in the Whatsapp chat group where people announced they got a job followed by those that said they missed out.

What are you supposed to say under these circumstances? "Sorry to hear you missed out on the job"? Or should you remain silent and let the awkward moment dissipate? Or maybe you should change the topic to something else.

So far, three out of twelve people have said they don't have a job for next year. That's a fail rate of 25%...higher than expected for the SRMOs who pretty much spend the whole year doing anaesthetics. I suppose there must be people who miss out for each job position but the feeling is terrible when it's someone you've worked with for the whole year.