Describe the TV producer at Channel One where Lalami worked after grad school. How does she think her firing had to do with him?

The TV producer at Channel One where Lalami worked would often enter their office and hug the female employees. He showed particular interest in one young assistant whom Lalami overheard him call sweetheart one day. Lalami refused to hug the producer and asked that he no longer call the young assistant sweetheart. She was fired the next workday.