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Logitech Gives Its Employees a Day Off for Grand Theft Auto 6 Launch

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Logitech Gives Its Employees a Day Off for Grand Theft Auto 6 Launch

At least three other organizations are also giving employees time off to play the new game.

It’s going to be tough to ignore the Nov. 19 release of Grand Theft Auto 6. A PCMag survey reports that roughly 12.5 million US workers are likely to take time off when the game comes out, resulting in over $1 billion in lost productivity. Technology company Logitech is deciding not to fight this, giving the entire company the option to take GTA6 launch day off.

Logitech calls this impromptu company holiday Logi Game Day, and it allows all employees to call off work for a day to play whatever game they want. The company is obviously expecting quite a few people to use the day to play GTA VI, but employees who don’t can take a different day off if they choose. This invitation to spend time gaming extends from the upper ranks of Logitech all the way down to the interns. 

“It’s time to retire the stereotype that gaming is a waste of time,” Logitech CEO Hanneke Farber said in a statement. “As a company designing products for work and play, we see every day how engagement in one sphere supports performance in the other.”

In addition to giving everyone the day off, the company is also hosting a streaming event on Nov. 19, hosted by Robin Piispanen, general manager of Logitech’s gaming brand, Logitech G.

“We see firsthand how Logitech employees who sharpen their skills in-game translate directly back to work and problem-solving,” Piispanen said in a statement.


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