Remote Worker Says She was ‘Cold-Called’ on Microsoft Teams

humorous resources (@humorousresources), a popular TikTok user known for her comic portrayals of the world of HR, has gone viral again with her new video. Posted on March 23, the clip has already garnered a lot of attention, with over 397,000 views as of Friday.

A short video is a sketch of a user responding to a “cold call” in the Teams app because their status was set to green. In the context of this video, a cold call is when someone calls you without first pinging, messaging, or making sure you can talk.

In the video, TikToker shakes his head in disbelief and says: no. no. scold. no. ”

Although TikTok states in her profile that her content is fictional, she has received a lot of attention from other TikTok users who find her videos relevant and share their experiences in the real world. increase.

“I don’t know what’s wrong. Someone is calling or texting me ‘hi’ because I know someone wants something,” said one commenter. rice field.

“And that’s why I stay red all day,” another user added, noting the option to set his status to “busy” in Teams so he wouldn’t be disturbed.

A third commenter echoed, “What if I call you at a red light and then you don’t answer, and then the messages start coming in?”

“While I’m green, it happens to me all the time. To avoid it, I have to attend meetings alone,” another user shared his experience with this issue.

“I worked with someone who does it well. She also would just message ‘hi’ instead of saying what she needed to say,” echoed one commenter.

The Daily Dot reached out to TikToker via email for comment.