GTA 6 release: Gen Z men are booking the most time off
Grand Theft Auto 6 lands on 19 November 2026, and HR data shows leave requests jumping around the date. Young men in finance and marketing lead the pack.
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Grand Theft Auto 6 comes out on 19 November 2026. The HR software company Personio looked at leave requests in Germany and found that from that date, the number of requests is about 38 percent above comparable periods. Some players are using banked overtime instead, and requests to take that time off rose by 58 percent. The days off often cover not just launch day but much of the following week.
Remote, another HR software provider, sees a similar picture, with 32 percent more leave requests. Its data also shows who is most eager.
Who is taking time off for GTA 6?
Men from Gen Z, born between 1995 and 2010, submitted about 2.2 times as much leave as at the same point last year. Millennials come next, then Gen X. By department, finance staff filed twice as many requests, and marketing staff 1.75 times as many.
By country, Remote counts the most requests in Italy, again roughly double the usual number. India follows at 1.6 times, then Ireland at 1.57 times. Germany is not in the top 10, though that may simply be because few German companies use Remote.
Do people say it is for GTA 6?
Mostly not. Only one in 170 requests contained words like "GTA", "Vice City", "Leonida" or "Rockstar". That does not mean everyone else is hiding it. Many employers simply do not ask for a reason.
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