Exactly what happened to my dad. He was with Met Life insurance for a long time, went to Progressive in the mid-90's and was with them for about 10 years and started making 6-figures. They decided they could pay some young gun half his salary and gave him the boot. He did all of this with a high school diploma. Now he's struggling to juggle his new job making less than half of what he used to, with going to school at night at his local community college. He often makes comments about me making more than him, and while I don't think that's quite the case, it might be close. I'm proud of him for getting back into school, but at 54 it's got to be tough to motivate yourself to start back at the bottom.