[Chris Barylick]

An internal e-mail sent out to AT&T employees has forbidden staff from taking vacations from June 15th to July 12th due to "projected increased traffic and an exciting new promotion/product launch." Speculation as to exactly what's on the horizon has arisen, much of it pointing towards an AT&T 3G iPhone launch.


The memo, in all its glory:

AT&T Mobility

Vacation Schedules

To: All Employees

Last year at this time we asked that all vacations be scheduled before June 15 or after July 15, to ensure adequate store staffing and to give everyone an equal opportunity to benefit from an exciting product launch. Thanks to your hard work, we experienced excellent sales during the mid-summer period. This year, the numbers you produced in 2007 will be hard to beat; but as a business, we must rise to the challenge, and make every effort to exceed last year’s sales results. Your management team is counting on you!

We’ll meet the challenge “head-on” by providing an exciting Summer Promotional Launch to enable your sales to soar. We again anticipate heavier than normal customer traffic in our stores, providing an excellent earning opportunity for every front line retail sales consultant (RSC) in company owned retail stores.

To ensure proper staffing during this period, Sales personnel planning to take approved time off are encouraged to schedule their vacations before June 15 or after July 12 to participate in the heavy selling period

Previously approved vacation will be allowed where voluntary rescheduling is not feasible

No additional vacation will be approved for 6/15 – 7/12

If customer traffic is manageable, there may be an opportunity to approve vacation toward the end of the period. Managers will communicate updates as they become available.

[Via Boy Genius Report]

I also have some beach front property in Az for sale!!! Is it just me or are you getting tired of the rumors that go back and fourth, its true, its not, its true again...AAHHHH just post real info. I have stopped reading this website by almost 80% cause of junk like this.

Do the administrators of this page have no leads or nothing else to write about? kinda loosing interested in this crap.

[Stephen007]

I want to clarify and/or ask a question... Headline says "AT&T may launch 3G network sooner than expected". Actually, AT&T already has a 3G network. I think it's currently available only in large metropolitan areas (it's all over Milwaukee & Chicago) so they're not launching 3G per se. They may be expanding it, however. Just wanted to put those 2 cents in.

AT&T "launched" their 3G network a long time ago. The speculation you're talking about is the release of a new 3G iPhone.

[ScooterMac]

I get tired of the rumors too.
I do look forward to a 3G iPhone.
I was reading the other comments, and noticed that the title says AT&T May Launch 3G "iPhone" Sooner Than Expected. Not 3G "Network" as you guys were saying.
Just an observation.

Aloha

if you don't like this site please stop coming back. Come on internet is HUGGGGE!!!! So try to get lost in it

[ScooterMac]

I do see where you guys were talking about the 3G "network" now.
It's not in the title, but it is in the body of the text.
Sorry.

USA - country of freedom And you can't take vocation when u whant so lame and so stupid! Maybe AT&T have only 2 or 3 workers? ha ha ha...

It was fun to visit USA, and live in NYC, but OMG! You don't have any freedom Visit Europe just once in your life

[Stephen007]

Originally Posted by ScooterMac

Not 3G "Network" as you guys were saying.

The title was changed/updated after our comments were made. That's a good thing because the title was misleading/wrong.