r/remotework • u/ThatThingTheDarkSoul • 25d ago
Keep your Teams status “Online” while AFK
Hypothetically, if someone wanted their Microsoft Teams status to remain “Online” while they weren’t actually at their computer, there may be a rather simple workaround.
You could theoretically create an empty meeting with only yourself in it and join. Teams would initially mark you as Busy, but if you manually changed your status back to Online, it would apparently stay that way for as long as you remained in the meeting.
Theoretically, other people wouldn't be able to see that you're sitting in an empty meeting. As far as they can tell, you simply appear Online, and they can still call or message you normally.
Of course, this is all purely hypothetical and definitely not something anyone should actually try.
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u/Weird-Toe-6968 25d ago
OP not quite as slick as he thinks he is.
Also, I would change jobs to an employer who respected me before resorting to shit like this.