If you're a responsible adult, it works really well. Coordinate your time off with your team & boss, then go. I would usually take 3/4 of December off to spen

If you're a responsible adult, it works really well. Coordinate your time off with your team & boss, then go. I would usually take 3/4 of December off to spend with family (slow time at work anyway, as the customers weren't wanting changes to be made during their year-end work). There are any number of ways it could be abused, of course. But the thing to remember is that your coworkers (and boss) aren't blind - if you're using the policy to create a 4-day workweek, and not getting stuff done -- someone is going to say something.