Employees are already calling out ahead of Grand Theft Auto VI release day so one SoCal company is pausing

A speciality car-parts manufacturer in Southern California announced a company-wide “pause” in operations ahead of the highly anticipated release of the video game Grand Theft Auto IV — as many fans are expected to call out sick that day in order to play.Simi Valley-based Burger Motorsports announced that there would be a “temporary company-wide operational pause” on Thursday, November 19 — the same day Take-Two’s interactive game is released, a post on the company’s Instagram read.“After reviewing multiple employee scheduling conflicts, management has determined that normal business operations may be impacted due to the release of Grand Theft Auto VI,” read the memo, addressed to staff, customers, dealers and partners.“Several team members have already notified management that they will be unavailable, unreachable, and/or ‘in Vice City’ for the duration of the day,” it added, in reference to the fictional city where the popular game is based.The memo goes on to state that several “departments may experience delays” including “engineering, “social media,” and “general productivity.”  California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story It also said operations would resume “once employees have completed their initial exploration, finished at least one mission, and returned to reality.”Burger Motorsports acknowledged to The California Post that the memo was a joke.“We posted the ‘pause operations for GTA VI’ announcement as a playful, tongue-in-cheek nod to the excitement around the release,” the company said.California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up he...