Hilariously bad culture, employees leaving in droves - Account Executive Darktrace Employee Review

1.0
May 24, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Shiny, exciting, AI security company.

Cons

Where to begin. The sales culture at this company is such a joke that I saw more than half of my team leave during my tenure due to the working conditions. Management operates off of the fear of you being fired. Quota gets raised by 50K EVERY SINGLE MONTH. This is an outrageous sales structure. Commission doesn't even start to get paid out until halfway through the contract, meaning that you don't even see commission until typically 1.5 years in, meaning that the OTE that the recruiter promised you is legitimately impossible to reach. I was told from friends on other teams that their management asked them to write positive reviews on glassdoor because of what is finally coming to light. In my time I saw a company wide email from the CEO that called out individuals personally. What kind of a culture is that?

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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
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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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