opportunity to develop sales acumen - Account Executive Darktrace Employee Review

2.0
Aug 3, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

If you use those who have been successful as a resource this role provides a great opportunity to develop sales acumen in SMB and MidMarket space selling to Director level/Csuite. Once you get in the door with a client, the technology does a lot of the selling itself (but keep in mind it's $$$$$$).

Cons

Rough comp plan, disconnect from HQ in UK which manifests itself as fear mongering. The role is promoted as an autonomous, entrepreneurial role yet when shelter in place hit due to covid there were literally 5 mandatory meetings at 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm and 5pm to ensure 'productivity'. high travel outside of work hours back when traveling was still a thing. And to top it off not much opportunity for career/professional development. Management will tell you about how they were promoted within 9 months of working there but that was a different time. No real help from inside sales and now that in person marketing events are a thing of the past your best bet for lead generation is gone. Ask the person you interview with how many members of the team actually hit their quota.

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
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Pros

good pay, good culture and great tech sales exposure

Cons

lack of internal promotion path, just overall lack of vertical career trajectory

2.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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