You get back what you put in! - Account Executive Darktrace Employee Review

4.0
Aug 5, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The product is sold by allowing the customer to use it free for 4 weeks (a try before you buy approach) - this tends to be very successful, with around 80pc converting to full purchases Company is in hyper growth - I joined about 2 years ago when there were c 20 employees - now there are nearly 300 Very fast moving environment which is never boring. It's very meritocratic - some people thrive on the lack of structure but others would be best placed to find a more structured job post-college Fellow sales employees tend to be of a similar age to oneself (I am 26) Very flat management structure - easy to approach bosses on a day to day basis As long as you're selling, the earnings are good

Cons

The growth of Darktrace can lead to things being rather chaotic no long term graduate training programme - once you've done your initial training, you'll be expected to be selling (or at least assisting in sales) within the first quarter If you are not selling, the base pay is low People who are not selling are removed quickly

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5.0
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Pros

good pay, good culture and great tech sales exposure

Cons

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2.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Autonomy & Independence: You get great autonomy to build your own schedule. It operates very much like a true field sales motion, which is great if you value independence. Perks: There is a high degree of expense freedom, and the Sales Kickoffs are a definite highlight.

Cons

The company is currently gasping for air and is super misaligned. There is absolutely no sense of direction. The Go-To-Market (GTM) strategy obviously doesn't work because leadership changes strategy it every Half because of poor performance . Turnover is INCREDIBLY HIGH, people was congratulating me that I made it at Darktrace more than a year when I left, which is never a good sign for a company. CEO REPVUE- stated that only 15% of reps hit their goal attainment at Darktrace from it's reviews. If you apply here, you need to know exactly what you are getting into and be willing to work extremely hard just to help dig the company out of a hole.

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