Teams away setting automatically switching on when not away

Anonymous
2020-07-01T17:06:37+00:00

Hi there, 

My teams status is constantly switching to "away" while I am working on my computer. This is very frustrating as my co-workers need to know when I am actually away or available.

Is there a manual override for this? It would be excellent to be able to set it as available so that my team knows they can reach my even if I am working on paper, or in this case if it has switched itself to "away".

Thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-02-10T13:36:59+00:00

    I get what you are saying AnnRad, that viewpoint is good (assuming our micromanagers now don't think we are not working).  But to many of us, those who work as large teams it's productive and useful to know if a certain teammate is actually available to speak/join in on a conversation about a key subject.  Happens often.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-02-10T10:27:43+00:00

    The problem is Teams changes to yellow or red when I work in Microsoft Excel so Teams is a bad big sibling - it squeals on you even when you are behaving a k a working diligently at home on the priorities given by the manager though not on Teams.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-02-09T23:21:49+00:00

    I've chatted with CIO's/leadership and it's a Microsoft Teams custom design most leaders love and do not want to disable once Teams is implemented within the organization. To most micromanaging managers, this helps them keep their employees on the ball/on their toes and constantly cognizant of making sure the employee is non stop working. Meaning: It's a reverse phycology mechanism used so that employees stay put at their home office desk because they know once they walk away for a couple minutes, that yellow "Away" status will appear fast. Basically, it's just another "Big Brother" application to help monitor and gauge an employees work performance virtually.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-02-08T19:02:46+00:00

    I agree with everyone on this thread.  It's ridiculous that Teams changes status to Away even when still logged in and working on the computer, just because one is not working in Teams at the time.  We are moving our work from Skype to Teams and everyone looks at status to see if they are actually available or not.  Microsoft needs to fix this.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-02-04T08:07:19+00:00

    Have you received an update from Microsoft support on this?

    I've escalated the case on MS support, we've only received the weblink for the user voice and waiting for solving that.

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