Use of On Which

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Hi,Can you please review the use of 'on which' and 'sent in' in the following text?Before accepting my current job, I consulted with you about the potential date I could join this firm on. On which, you suggested that I should join it immediately, as it represented a better opportunity for me. Had you insisted on a pre-departure notice, I could have delayed my joining date. Moreover as a courtesy gesture, I sent in four prospective candidates to you as my replacement.Thanks,MG.

New2grammar · Accepted Answer

Hi MusicGold, Are you leaving or joining the company you plan to send this message to? I don't get it.

Musicgold · Answer

Thanks. The writer is sending this to his previous employer.

New2grammar · Answer

Musicgold Had you insisted on a pre-departure notice, I could have delayed my joining date.

This logic doesn't seem right to me. Joining which company? Your previous company or your current company. It seems like you are trying to say your current company but it turns out to be your old company.

Musicgold · Answer

New2grammar,

Thanks. I am sorry for the confusion.
The writer has recently taken up a new job at company N. Her previous employer, company O, is not giving her certain compensation, as she did not give them a pre-departure notice of one month before leaving the job. Before leaving the job, however, the writer had informed company O about her new job opportunity and asked the date she can stop working at company O and join company N; her manager in company O had suggested that she could join the other company immediately. If company O had insisted on a one month's notice, the writer would have joined company N one month later than the date she actually joined on.

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