Lauer fired on wednesday amid allegations of sexual misconduct didn t install the button that enabled him to lock his office door automatically from his desk it turns out.
Matt lauer button to lock door.
The secret button that matt lauer allegedly used to lock his door inside nbc s rockefeller center headquarters was not a unique security feature a source at the show tells people.
About that secret button in matt lauer s office the anchor s door locking mechanism acts as a particularly vivid metaphor for the amount of power and protection many influential men enjoy.
According to female co workers matt lauer had a button under his desk that allowed him to lock the door from inside he supposedly used for privacy.
By brian flood.
A detail in the news reports of lauer s workplace conduct animated the narrative.
Matt lauer had an office door locking button.
This takes us back to the original variety report which didn t necessarily say that lauer was trapping women in his office.
I know everyone is talking about this door lock button but matt lauer isn t the only per to have this button at nbc it s something other execs have including women nbc executives past present.
And he had a button under his desk that allowed him to lock his door from the inside without getting.
His office was in a secluded space and he had a button under his desk that allowed him to lock his door from.
The washington post also looked into the button and after talking to people familiar with 30 rockefeller center s offices learned that the button locked the door but only from the outside for situations such as a shooting.
The mechanism was a.