Logitech gives all 7,000 employees a day off for GTA 6 launch

Logitech is sidestepping a wave of anticipated sick days by giving its entire workforce November 19 off. The company is calling the date Logi Game Day and its more than 7,000 employees can spend it with Grand Theft Auto VI, any other title, or no game at all. The move effectively zeroes out productivity for the day rather than managing a flood of individual time-off requests tied to the game’s release.\n\nThe announcement arrives alongside internal research that Logitech says links gaming to workplace skills. According to the firm’s Ctrl Tomorrow study, 81 percent of gamers believe playing builds real-world confidence, reduces anxiety, and correlates with stronger daily job performance. A press release stated that designing products for work and play shows how engagement in one area supports performance in the other.\n\nEconomists have already warned that GTA VI could dent short-term productivity as players skip work. Logitech appears to be getting ahead of that forecast by simply scheduling the absence. The company noted that the day off applies from executives down to interns, and no one is required to actually boot up a console or PC.\n\nThe press release acknowledged the convenience of the timing with a playful tone, but the underlying business logic is straightforward. Rather than lose output to unplanned absences, Logitech absorbs the hit on its own terms and wraps the gesture in a message about the benefits of gaming.