Teams forces activity status changes employees cannot control
Teams automatically marks users as inactive after 5 minutes and exposes this to managers, with no option to override. This intersects remote work autonomy and micromanagement anxiety — a structurally validated concern since the shift to distributed work. A browser extension intercepting status API calls could offer a feasible workaround.
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