Logitech gives staff a paid day off to play GTA 6 on launch day

A day off for Vice City

Logitech has formalised a paid day off that employees can spend playing video games. The company calls the benefit Gaming Time Off, or GTO, and its CEO Hanneke Faber confirmed it in an official statement on 10 November 2026.

Faber posted about the timing on LinkedIn with a reference to Grand Theft Auto 6, whose setting is the fictional Vice City. Employees planning a trip there no longer need to fake a sick day, she wrote; they can take their GTO instead.

Grand Theft Auto 6 is scheduled to launch on 19 November. According to Adrenaline, Logitech will treat that date as a day off for its more than 7,000 employees so they can play the Rockstar title without pressure.

What the company says the benefit is for

Faber argued that gaming is not a waste of time. Speaking as the head of a company that makes products for playing and working, she said engagement in one area supports performance in the other.

Logitech said the day is a form of recognition for its staff. The company is known for mice, keyboards and headsets.

On 19 November Logitech plans to turn its office spaces into a gaming lounge, with a broadcast of the Rockstar title on its official channels. Faber said she will visit the offices that day, though not necessarily to work as usual.

Open questions

The official text does not say whether there are limits on when the day can be taken, or how many people from one team can be off on the same date.

Adrenaline reports that employees who are not interested in GTA 6 can use the Logi Game Day during other title launches in 2027. Logitech has not said which titles those would be.