Great product, High Turnover, Toxic Culture, Good stepping stone - Account Executive Darktrace Employee Review

1.0
Oct 18, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good Health Benefits, 20 Days PTO (but cant be used the last week of each month and last 2 weeks of quarter end) Product does speak for itself and is one of the best in the space.

Cons

Expect to make 75 dials a day. Will be micromanaged to ensure metrics are hit which you learn to accept. Did okay due to partnerships but they are few and far between and take 6-8 months to develop. Expected to set 5 meetings/week minimum .. was told ISRs will help set meetings but many set them 2 months out and majority never show up so you are on your own. Saw majority of AEs stay roughly 5-7 months and leave after burnout. Quotas are high and often unrealistic. Few meet the goals set and have seen many people called out on office wide calls.. this stems from middle management being held to high quotas and will pass that pressure on to subordinates unapologetically.

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
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CEO approval
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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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