Doctolib
Large (~3,500)
Poolside
Small (~150)
Best For
Doctolib
Best for: Engineers motivated by healthcare impact who want to build products improving medical access across Europe at a mission-driven company with a strong French tech identity
Poolside
Best for: AI researchers who want frontier code generation work with genuine remote flexibility and Paris offsites
Ratings
DoctolibPoolside
3.7
3.8
Overall
3.7
3.5
Work-Life Balance
3.8
3.9
Culture & Values
3.7
3.8
Comp & Benefits
3.5
3.6
Senior Mgmt
3.5
3.6
Career Opps
👍 74% Recommend
👤 78% CEO Approval (Stanislas Niox-Chateau)
👍 76% Recommend
👤 80% CEO Approval (Jason Warner)
Culture Values
Doctolib only
💜 Mission-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Poolside only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌐 Remote-Friendly🤝 Flat Hierarchy🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
🌱 Learning & Growth
Pros & Cons
Doctolib
- Mission-driven colleagues who genuinely care about improving healthcare access
- Strong growth opportunities with flexible remote policy and decent benefits
- Management can be heavy-handed — uses company principles as weapons against feedback
- French-centric culture makes it harder for non-French speakers to advance
Poolside
- Remote-first with monthly Paris gatherings
- Cutting-edge code generation research
- Early-stage with limited structure
- Comp may trail larger AI labs
Bottom Line
Doctolib
Genuine social mission (digitizing healthcare access for millions) with a fast-shipping culture, but at 3,500 people reviews cite organizational change fatigue and management inconsistency.
Poolside
Choose Poolside if you want cutting-edge code AI research on a remote-first flat team (ex-GitHub CTO leadership) — but expect early-stage ambiguity and comp that trails the larger AI labs.
Open Roles
Doctolib — 241 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
80
💻 Engineering
45
📣 Marketing
13
👤 HR / People
8
📊 Data
7
📋 Product
7
🧠 ML / AI
5
⚖️ Legal
4
🎨 Design
2
💰 Finance
2
⚙️ Operations
2
🎧 Support
1
Poolside — 12 jobs
💻 Engineering
9
📊 Data
2
🧠 ML / AI
1
Summary
Doctolib scores 3.7/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Poolside scores 3.8/5.0 overall with a 3.5 WLB. That’s a 0.1-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Learning & Growth. Doctolib also emphasizes Mission-Driven, Direct Product Impact, Ship Fast & Iterate. Poolside also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Remote-Friendly, Flat Hierarchy, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Doctolib has 241 open roles and Poolside has 12 open roles.