Definitely from another era --29 years working at the SAME place, getting promoted INTERNALLY instead of having to compete with the rest of the world!?!?   I remember hearing the story of how some CBC executive heard a young Peter Mansbridge making a public announcement at an airport in Manitoba (?) during the 1960s ... and hired him for his voice, though I think the young Peter had not even completed high school.  Imagine having no other qualifications than 'a voice' to be OFFERED a job.  I've often wondered if there was more to that story.  Certainly a story from another time.