out-of-office
Not at desk
Out-of-office describes the status of someone temporarily unavailable at work, typically due to vacation, travel, or leave.
The term appears most often in email contexts: an out-of-office reply or out-of-office message is an automatic response informing senders you're away.
I'll be out of office until Monday.
The hyphenated form functions as an adjective; without hyphens it's a prepositional phrase.
Cannot be accessed
- unreachableCannot be accessed
- awayNot in this location
- incommunicadoWithout means of communication
- offlineNot internet-connected
disconnected · inaccessible · uncontactable · unresponsive · absent · gone · traveling · remote
Leisure time away
- holidayDay of rest
- time-offSanctioned absence from work
- sabbaticalExtended leave from work
- breakInterrupt continuity
hiatus · furlough · maternity · paternity · bereavement · getaway · retreat · travel
Digital written communication
- autoresponderAutomated message sender
- notificationFormal notice given
- messageTransmitted communication
- automaticOperating without intervention
response · template · inbox · bounce-back · preset · acknowledgment · mailbox · reply
unavailable
Cannot be accessed
- unreachableCannot be accessed
- awayNot in this location
- incommunicadoWithout means of communication
offline · disconnected · inaccessible · uncontactable · unresponsive · absent · gone · traveling · remote · silent
vacation
Leisure time away
- holidayDay of rest
- time-offSanctioned absence from work
- sabbaticalExtended leave from work
break · hiatus · furlough · maternity · paternity · bereavement · getaway · retreat · travel · trip
Digital written communication
- autoresponderAutomated message sender
- notificationFormal notice given
- messageTransmitted communication
automatic · response · template · inbox · bounce-back · preset · acknowledgment · mailbox · reply · signature
- messagesmessage, email, text message, text, instant message
- emailsreply, forward, CC, BCC, subject line
- office communicationemail, memo, memorandum, letter, meeting
- automated messagesauto-reply, autoresponder, away message, vacation reply, canned response
- work absencePTO, vacation, sick day, sick leave, time off
out-of-officeon the clock
During paid hours
on duty · working · active · engaged · heads-down
office, offices, officer, officers, official, officials, officially, unofficial, unofficially