WATCH OUT - IT Specialist Darktrace Employee Review

1.0
Dec 8, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Young culture that is fun to be in out of college. Lots of parties. Provides pretty good benefits for all the therapy and anti anxiety medication you'll need to exist in the company.

Cons

It's like a battlefield out here. Every week I come back to work and notice multiple individuals missing. Gone! Do NOT work here if you value job security! They fire people left and right, and there will be no warning- you do not need to be underperforming to be placed on the chopping block and it doesn't matter whether you're sales or IT. Everyone is nervous and wondering whether they will be next. Shady business, gives out PIPs loosely to substantiate the mass firings. They will promise you extra benefits after 6 months or a year and try hard to get rid of you the day before you're due for your first bonus or commission. Those who are not fired within the first 12 months usually quit. If you last more than 5 months you're probably one of the most senior people on your team. When you're not having anxiety attacks over being potentially fired at any given moment, you will be working in the sweatshop! :) Your job scope will be wide and you will be expected to know everything about.. well... EVERYTHING! If you're in IT be ready to be the guy who mans the whole operation- pre and post sales. Configurations, setup, tuning, presentation, technical support, sizings, shipping, installs, integrations, whatever. Everything short of the cold calls and initial meetings the sales team set up is on YOU bud! Consistent 10 hour days of chaos await you! Good luck!

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5.0
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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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