Uitspraak
1.De procedure
- het verzoekschrift van Doctolib van 1 april 2026 met 37 producties;
- het verweerschrift van [verweerder] van 13 mei 2026 met zelfstandig tegenverzoek met 16 producties;
- aanvullende stukken van [verweerder] van 21 mei 2026 met productie 17-18;
- aanvullende stukken van Doctolib van 22 mei 2026 met productie 38;
- de mondelinge behandeling van 28 mei 2026, waarvan door de griffier aantekeningen zijn gemaakt en waar door beide gemachtigden pleitaantekeningen zijn overgelegd.
2.De feiten
laughable’. Ook kwam [verweerder] naar kantoor met een T-shirt waarop ‘3,57%’ stond gedrukt en stuurde hij hiervan een foto naar de zakelijke teamchat.
meets expectations’, maar er was ook sprake van ‘
major misalignment with doctolib playbook’. Er werd verwezen naar de reactie van [verweerder] inzake zijn loonsverhoging: ‘
The way you chose to react was detrimental to the trust between us’. In de beoordeling stond verder: ‘
I had multiple 1:1 discussions throughout Q4 2024 with you where I experienced a massive sign of distrust about the whole engineering organization. You repeatedly told me in our 1:1’s and also in Slack channels that you don't trust leadership. I requested concrete examples from you, but you did not manage to share any with me.’
partially meets expectations’. Hierin stond:
‘I’m pleased to see the positive trajectory in the second half of the quarter, particularly in your technical contributions, learning initiatives, and participation in team rituals’ (…) ‘You are on the right track.’ (…) ‘What could be better: Public complaints about compensation review in a non-constructive manner affected team dynamics. As an L6 engineer, your influence on team culture is significant.’ (…) ‘The positioning as "defender of the team" against "management" created an unnecessary division that doesn't align with our one-team approach.’
‘I understand you disagree with much of the feedback from your management’ (…) ‘Using a T-shirt to protest your compensation is unlikely to build the trust needed for meaningful conversations about your role and pay.’ (…) ‘Reading through your email, 1 see there is a disconnect between you and your management.’
partially meets expectations’. Hierin staat:
‘ [verweerder] 's contribution to the Search filters and related analytics work is commendable.’ (…) ‘ [verweerder] struggles to respect the proper communication channel while dealing with conflict. He brought a topic discussed with him in a 1:1 to a public forum; this approach of handling conflicts impacts the bigger team, creates confusion, and additional work for the wider team.’ (…) ‘I have noticed that when feedback is provided, the response after focuses on challenging the input rather than reflecting on it, which can slow personal growth. Similar behavior in Q4 2024 and Q1 2025.’ (…) ‘In one of the meetings where we discussed a potential conflict, his approach in the meeting, including interruptions and a raised voice, was disruptive to the discussion.’
Considering all of the above it is clear that this PIP is as biased against me as previous performance assessments, and designed to have me fail. Thus I request that someone else other than the current management oversee the PIP.’Ook deelde hij zijn Q2 beoordeling met het gehele team met de navolgende tekst:
‘ [betrokkene 1] 's gonna put me on a Performance lmprovement Plan.’Uiteindelijk werd geen PIP/verbetertraject opgestart. Doctolib liet daarover aan [verweerder] weten: ‘
After reviewing your feedback and Consulting the people team, I assess that there is no trust from your end in the company and the management. For the PIP to start, both parties need to be engaged and trust each other.’
below expectations’. Hierin staat:
‘Failure to work on the improvement areas suggested in the Q2 2025 assessment.’ (…) ‘His continuous struggle to have basic trust in the company values and ways of working.’ (…) ‘Failure to provide concrete examples while sharing feedback with me over Slack.’ (…) ‘He lost some quality time in Q3 in debating over the feedback he received in Q2 and the PIP process that he did not agree with.’
partially meets expectations’. Hierin staat:
‘On-time delivery of regular product features.’ (…) ‘Proactive debugging for customer support questions, for example, where he suggested to request the customer send a specific hardware which may help in debugging the reported issue.’ (…) ‘I did not see improvement from the misalignments he has with the overall Company values, which have been recurring throughout 2025. One examples is his message regarding the NEO policy rollout, encouraging other employees to discuss this official matter on the Doctolib Connect app instead of official communication and collaboration platforms like Slack and Email.’
There is a growing fatigue amongst the WoCo members the longer these difficulties continue. We have had personal conversations with [verweerder] to tell him of our concerns, but these conversations have gone nowhere. We are all frustrated because we feel that we cannot properly collaborate.’ (…) ‘There is a deep sense of distrust, dread and even, in some cases, hostility towards working with him’.De betreffende OR-leden hebben aan de hand van meerdere incidenten (in de periode vanaf de oprichting van de OR tot en met januari 2026) met [verweerder] beschreven waarop de gestelde problemen gebaseerd zijn.
‘It is important to be clear on this point: a manager has the authority to evolve how goals are set and measured from one period to the next. This is not a departure from an agreement, it is a normal and legitimate exercise of managerial responsibility. (…) ‘As we have discussed on previous occasions, I want to encourage a constructive and collaborative approach in all interactions with your manager.’ (…) ‘decisions about who is involved in HR matters rest with HR and leadership, not with the employee. I will ensure the right people are involved if and when that becomes relevant.’
This pattern of behavior created unnecessary tension, eroded team morale, and undermined confidence in management decisions across the organization.’ (…) ‘In the two to three months prior to his release from duties, [verweerder] 's behavior became increasingly confrontational and disrespectful - and this despite the ongoing mediation process and my own deliberate efforts to de-escalate the situation.’(…) ‘This pattern of behavior had a measurable impact on my wellbeing as a manager and on the psychological safety of the broader team.’
‘A large part of my concern about [verweerder] 's behavior has to do with the disruptive nature of the way that he interacts with his management team and others. He constantly acts in a manner that does not allow anyone to be productive at work, and does not create a space for psychological safety for others. (…) A normal pay increase, which in the case of those Meeting Expectations, would be a 3-5% increase.’ (…) ‘These public displays were not only very distracting to the team and the work that we do, but have continued to erode the trust that I have with the team. A large part of a manager's strength is in how much the team trusts him, and [verweerder] continued to erode that confidence.’ (..) ‘For quite some time, I put time and effort into helping [verweerder] align with myself, my leadership team, HR, and Doctolib. Unfortunately those efforts were unsuccessful and it made it more clear to me that [verweerder] was likely not a fit for our team, both in his performance and in his culture and behaviors.’
3.Het verzoek, het verweer en het tegenverzoek
4.De beoordeling van het verzoek
‘soft skills’. [verweerder] is hier iedere kwartaalbeoordeling vanaf Q4 2024 op aangesproken en verzocht hieraan te werken. Hij werd keer op keer aangemoedigd anders te reageren op feedback, bepaalde zaken niet meer publiekelijk te delen en een andere houding aan te nemen richting zijn managers, te weten [betrokkene 1] en [betrokkene 2] . Ook volgt uit de stukken dat [verweerder] zijn gedrag gedurende geheel 2025 niet heeft aangepast. Dit heeft gevolgen gehad in de relatief kleine organisatie. Het is veelzeggend als een leidinggevende hieronder te lijden heeft. [betrokkene 1] verklaart immers:
‘This pattern of behavior had a measurable impact on my wellbeing as a manager.’Ook vanuit HR is tijdens de mondelinge behandeling benadrukt hoeveel tijd de managers kwijt waren aan conflicten met [verweerder] , in plaats van hun gebruikelijke, dagelijkse werkzaamheden.
1 augustus 2026. Dat is de datum waarop de arbeidsovereenkomst bij regelmatige opzegging zou zijn geëindigd. [3]
€ 5.981,25 brutois. Het verzoek om Doctolib te veroordelen tot betaling van die transitievergoeding wordt daarom toegewezen. De gevorderde wettelijke rente over de transitievergoeding wordt ook toegewezen, te rekenen vanaf een maand na de dag waarop de arbeidsovereenkomst is geëindigd, dus vanaf 1 september 2026.
5.De beoordeling van het tegenverzoek
6.De beslissing
1 augustus 2026,
€ 5.981,25 bruto, te vermeerderen met de wettelijke rente vanaf 1 september 2026, tot aan de dag van de gehele betaling,