Slacks status feature allows you to specify what youre doing.
That way, your co-workers can be aware that you may be busy for a certain amount of time.
Or that youre off sick for the day.
Generally, you manually set your status, which gives you control over what people see you as doing.
Given that these meetings will have been scheduled with your work email address they will almost certainly be work-related.
So, there arent really any privacy concerns.
The other scenario where your status can change automatically is when you join a Slack call.
Or, want people to monitor how long youre on a call.
To access your preferences, tap on your profile picture in the top-right corner, then tap on Preferences.
choose your profile picture in the top-right corner, then choose Preferences.
Untick the checkbox labeled Set my status to On a call.
By following this guide, you might prevent Slack from automatically reporting that youre in a call.
