Employers are facing down a potential rush of PTO requests amid a packed run of blockbuster video game releases — and Logitech has an unconventional answer.
The tech company is giving its more than 7,000 employees an extra day off to play a game of their choice, a new perk it calls "Logi Game Day."
Workers can use the day when they choose — but the initiative, announced on Tuesday, comes amid a surprisingly packed month of nostalgic AAA video game releases.
Last week, Blizzard Entertainment, owned by Microsoft, launched "World of Warcraft: Forever," a day before Nintendo published "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time." That's all ahead of the release of "Grand Theft Auto 6," the most anticipated video game in years, debuting on November 19, roughly 13 years after the franchise's runaway hit, "GTA 5."
Logitech isn't the only company that's turning major game releases into an extra holiday: UK-based Raptor PR recently told Business Insider that they've given their nine-person team an extra day off for gaming, and the US Army's 9th brigade engineer battalion in Georgia went viral for offering a four-day pass for reenlistees to boot up their consoles.
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