So I just started a new job, and I have Microsoft teams. It shows an away message every time I go to the bathroom, run to the kitchen to grab a snack, or even when I'm reading something on a different screen for awhile!
I feel like I need to move the mouse around every 60 seconds just to make sure my message doesn't change to “away”. It splits my attention off my other tasks, which I also dislike.
My old job accused me of stealing time, even when I passed my scorecards every month and got bonuses, and I don't want that to happen again.
I recently sustained a considerable injury. I just graduated from a knee scooter to hobbling around but it takes me a bit to do things I normally would run up and down the stairs for. I did inform my job of my injury, explained I have physical therapy for the next several weeks, and they seemed ok with it. My new boss even said, unprompted, that I answer messages so quickly she is impressed.
So basically my question is Does anyone know of a way to change the inactivity message time-out to a higher time, like 15 minutes? Or any way around this so I'm not hurting myself walking too fast? Even a temporary solution would be fine, since hopefully I'll be better in a month.
Thank you in advance, and I'm sorry if I posted this in the wrong sub I wasn't sure if it should be regular advice or antiwork lol.