Not one person attempted to call out AT&T on those hiring numbers (Business Insider had them in the story). We are talking the surplus of full-time permanent employees and there is no way AT&T has hired 37K new FT permanent employees in the past 24 months (+1500/month).
The company's HR/job website has never advertised anywhere near the numbers to support AT&T's claims on hiring and the joke that this is affecting only legacy parts of the company is a lie.
Mobility infrastructure was strong hit by surplus for the yet another quarter and has been getting hit hard for the past year and a half.
Slit the wrist of the one arm generating serious revenue and wonder why AT&T has fallen in consumer confidence when talking wireless networks.