Sometimes when I feel like I'm having just an average day and my boss's skype says out of office I'm scared she has some kind of sixth sense about it and is on her way to come fire me. Anyone else?

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There's this app called mouse move that will move your mouse every minute or so to keep your Skype active. Just make up some baloney like you have hyper focus so even if somebody PMs you, you don't always see the flashing notification. It works. It was a staple of my very short government career to keep my VPN active and make it look like I was doing work.

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No, I don’t read anything into Skype. Trust me your boss isn’t thinking about you unless you’ve emailed her.

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Actually... you can change your Skype settings to stay “active” even after inactivity 👀

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I've found people who get fired have to come to the office, not the other way around

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