Good company; it's called 'work' for a reason - Anonymous employee Darktrace Employee Review

5.0
Aug 24, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The product is great and the company is growing; most employees have a decent amount of autonomy and are well compensated. At the end of the day, everyone is young and working hard. They're pretty upfront about it during the interviews - it's a lot of work, there are a lot of challenges, and you're generally trusted to work hard and effectively. Management aren't going to be your best friends, but they know what they're doing, and everyone else is young and friendly and smart. There have recently started being more team events and happy hours, etc. to build the camaraderie a bit. At the end of the day, if you're open to working hard and being paid well, it's a good place to be. If you're more concerned about perks and unlimited PTO and a free full service coffee bar, etc., then maybe Hooli is worth looking into instead

Cons

It can be tough work, and equity would be nice. Plus, the UK offices get like 5 weeks of PTO, and the US only gets the standard two weeks, which is kinda lame. More remote work options would be nice, but that's not the end of the world

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Cons

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2.0
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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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