Computers Give Rise to New Job: ‘Confuser’

Granted, the computer has done many spectacular things for business as it has slithered its way into the workplace--but at what price, “The Productivity Paradox” (March 8)?

Virtually all high-priced engineering staffs have a “confuser.” If I wanted to sit at a keyboard two-thirds of my day, I would have acquired a B.S. degree in secretarial science.

In giving their staff computers, these large aerospace firms, have taken away the clerical help and reassigned it to the person making $25 an hour.

DOUG FOOTE

Whittier