

Many employers rely on their employees’ Teams’ status to check if people are actually working. Many users don’t quite agree with this approach and suggest that Teams should not set the status to Away as long as they’re actively using their devices.Įmployees Get Reprimanded, but It’s Not Their FaultĮmployees who are working remotely hate this feature even more. On the mobile version of Teams, the status changes to Away when the app runs in the background.

If Teams is running in the background and not actively using it, although you’re actively using other programs (so your computer is not idle), the status will still be changed to Away after five minutes. The program takes these signals as proof of your unavailability and changes your status accordingly. The same thing happens when you lock your PC. Teams automatically changes your status to Away when your computer enters sleep or idle mode. Why Does Teams Automatically Change My Status?
