# Out of office

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## Out of office

Heading out of the office? You can schedule or instantly set up **Out of Office**, so your duties including on-call responsibilities and incident alerts are covered by a colleague.

Out of Office mode is designed to support better work-life balance. **While you're away, Spike will not send you any alerts**. You can even schedule this ahead of time, and an email will be sent to the admins in your organization, keeping everyone informed.

### Offloading Duties

When setting up Out of Office, you can offload your responsibilities to a selected team member. Spike takes care of everything automatically—there’s no need to manually move members in the on-call schedule or add overrides. Your on-call shifts and incident alerts will be temporarily rerouted to the designated member.

{% hint style="info" %}
Although optional, we recommend offloading your duties to make sure incidents are addressed in your absence and you are not disturbed.
{% endhint %}

#### Set up

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="From settings on Desktop" %}

* Navigate to `Your account settings` ([Dashboard link](https://app.spike.sh/settings/personal-modes#vacation-mode))
* Click `Modes`
* Scroll down to **Out of office**
* Add **Starts on** and **Ends on**, then click `save`

*Optionally, select a member to offload duties*
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="From the header on Desktop" %}

* From the header, click `Select a mode`
* Select **Out of office** from the dropdown
* Add **Starts on** and **Ends on**, then click `save`

*Optionally, select a member to offload duties*
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

#### Explore

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