Not sure how I feel about it - Account Executive Darktrace Employee Review

4.0
Jan 17, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Good SMB base pay - Opportunity for growth but you really have to cut above the noise and prove yourself - Exciting product and company has good reputation, customers are impressed - Nice manager - No micromanagement, they treat you like adults - The culture isn't energetic, but people are pleasant, nice, and open to help

Cons

- There may be product - market fit, but it doesn't seem like there's employee - company fit in the sales team. People keep leaving and there is overall low sales quota attainment. - I'm not quite sure what sales ops/enablement does because the way that the sales systems are set up, makes it even harder to prospect (on top of how difficult prospecting is). The prospect workflow is inefficient, the crm + prospecting platform do not speak to each other the way it should. Other company's sales systems are set up more efficiently. It just seems like a system we're stuck with... consider ripping it out. I don't want to blame the systems, but the way they are set up hinder sales prospecting which hinders revenue. Will not go into more details here. - Long sales cycle as a full cycle seller. Commission is only on the sale, we get no commission for trials.

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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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