--- title: "GTA 6 Surpasses Weddings and Honeymoons: Gamers Request Mass Time Off, Logitech Introduces First Corporate Gaming Day" description: "The November 19 release of GTA 6 has caused a spike in leave requests in the UK: according to BrightHR, the game has outpaced weddings and honeymoons, and Logitech has introduced the first corporate gaming day." date: 2026-11-12T15:19:06.234Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/gta-6-time-off-corporate-gaming-day tags: [gta-6, logitech, video-games, corporate-culture, uk-workforce] author: "Alexander Buran" publisher: "XAB.info" --- # GTA 6 Surpasses Weddings and Honeymoons: Gamers Request Mass Time Off, Logitech Introduces First Corporate Gaming Day ![Gamer setup with gaming monitors and PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles featuring GTA 6 branding](https://xab.info/media/2026/11/12/gta-6-otguly-i-korporativnyy-igrovoy-vyhodnoy/gta-6-otguly-i-korporativnyy-igrovoy-vyhodnoy-1.webp) ## Key Points - According to BrightHR (1.2 million workers, 70,000 UK companies), GTA 6 accounts for nearly 5% of leave requests for November 19. - Time off for the game is twice as common as for a honeymoon (0.46% vs 0.18%) and has surpassed graduations (0.19%) and Disneyland trips (0.06%). - About 83,000 days of leave were booked for November–December; employer losses are around 12.4 million pounds, with 3.14 million for release day. - Logitech introduced Logi Game Day, the first corporate gaming holiday; on November 19, Logitech G will hold a broadcast from San Jose. The long-awaited release of the video game GTA 6, scheduled for Thursday, November 19, is already having a noticeable impact on work schedules: employees across the UK are mass-filing for annual leave to play from the very first minute of release. According to the HR platform BrightHR, which covers over 1.2 million workers in 70,000 British companies, GTA 6 accounts for nearly 5 percent of all reasons cited by employees for leave on November 19. ### Time Off for Gaming Overtakes Weddings and Honeymoons BrightHR analysts calculated that twice as many people took time off for the game as for a honeymoon (0.46% versus 0.18%). GTA 6 also surpassed graduations (0.19%) and trips to Disneyland (0.06%). In total, during November and December, employees have booked about 83,000 days of leave due to the game, which will cost British employers approximately 12.4 million pounds sterling, with 3.14 million falling on the release day alone. According to the platform, one fan even took a full two-week vacation to complete the story. ### Statistics and Employee Comments Compared to the previous Thursday, November 12, the number of requests for a day off on November 19 increased by 7.89 percent, while last year the increase on the same dates was only 2.51 percent. In their applications, employees do not hide their intentions, leaving comments like "GTA week on the couch in my underwear" or "GTA day, game on, losers." BrightHR CEO Alan Price urges managers to treat this with understanding: according to him, taking time off for a video game is as legitimate a right to rest as going to a football match or a concert, provided it does not paralyze the team's work. ### Logitech Introduces First Corporate Gaming Day Against the backdrop of the global anticipation of the release, the IT company Logitech announced the introduction of Logi Game Day — the first-ever corporate day off designated specifically for video games. Management relies on its own research: 81 percent of gamers experience less anxiety and higher confidence at work, while 98.8 percent of surveyed IT professionals confirmed that gaming skills help with strategic thinking and working under pressure. On the day of the GTA 6 release, November 19, the Logitech G gaming division will hold a live stream from its American headquarters in San Jose. ### What This Means for Teams and Employers Logitech G General Manager Robin Piispanen noted that joint immersion in games like GTA 6, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4, or Forza brings a team together, while Chief People Officer Elaine Laird emphasized that gaming helps employees reset and "find fresh solutions for complex work tasks." Thus, a new corporate trend is forming around the release of GTA 6: gaming leisure is ceasing to be a personal matter and is turning into a tool for team management and load reduction. ## Fact-Check & Sources - [Ради GTA 6 готовы пропустить работу и свадьбу: геймеры массово берут отгулы](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/zaradi-gta-6-gotovi-propustiti-robotu-y-vesillya-1794483363.html) - Primary source: BrightHR data (1.2m employees, 70k companies; 0.46% vs 0.18%; 83k days; 12.4m and 3.14m pounds; +7.89%) and Logitech's announcement of Logi Game Day (81%, 98.8%, San Jose broadcast). Figures are internal platform data and company reports. ## FAQ ### When does GTA 6 come out? The release is scheduled for Thursday, November 19. ### How many people are taking time off for GTA 6? According to BrightHR, about 83,000 days of leave have been booked in November and December due to the game; GTA 6 accounts for nearly 5% of all leave reasons on November 19. ### What is Logi Game Day? It is the first-ever corporate day off introduced by Logitech specifically for video games; on November 19, Logitech G will hold a live broadcast from its headquarters in San Jose.