India, Aug. 18 -- A new employee's questions during his first meeting with colleagues have sparked a debate about workplace etiquette. The interaction was shared on X by user Ojas Sharma, who appeared surprised by how directly the newcomer questioned a senior employee about an appraisal rate and project budget.

Sharing the incident, Sharma wrote, "Bro. So, new guys joined my company and they spent the whole day trying to figure out who their managers were. One guy got to know his teammates and started talking about the tech stack and all. Even I was standing there, listening and introduced myself."

He then described how the new employee asked a senior colleague he had met only a few minutes earlier, "Is our project budget good enough fo...