Ask to see the commission plan before you accept an offer here - Account Executive Darktrace Employee Review

2.0
Dec 31, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Cool coworkers Great product that was easy to sell in many cases Great industry

Cons

low base, only 1 percent 401k match, no stock, no short term disability insurance, delayed commissions. Commissions is only half upfront and comes 1 month after quarter closes. AEs expected to work with 20 different BDRs, 15 different sales engineers, 5 different pre sales engineers, 10 differ CSMs, and several managers/directors. This leaves little time to actually sell. Bad comp structure continues with management team. Some directors take deals from their own reps to make ends meet. Travel was very uncomfortable pre-covid, especially in the winter with flights getting delayed. Had to fly outside of business hours, which meant really late nights. Felt unsafe walking to rental cars or getting in Ubers at midnight.

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
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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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