Switchboard worker (8)
I believe the answer is:
operator
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">switchboard worker</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for operator that I've seen before include "Poor rate for a businessman" , "Controller, of telephone say" , "Person running a business" , "One working a machine" , "Agent that runs some apparatus or machine" .)