Toxic doesn’t even do it justice - Account Executive Darktrace Employee Review

1.0
Feb 23, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The product. The counterparts - that’s all

Cons

I don’t know where to begin. I contemplated this review, but after seeing friends and counterparts burn out and take on therapy and anti-depressant medication because of this job, I think it is only fair to warn future prospective employees. You are never good enough here. They look at each day to determine how you are as a performer and cannot see the big picture such as overall yearly performance, or even quarterly. You spend hours forecasting each week, but very little time, talking about strategy to actually move the deal forward. Micromanagement doesn’t even brush the surface. Even as a top performer, you will be evaluated based on how many calls you make each day, even though the job is described as an account executive and manager. Threats are made and feedback is NOT taken to heart. There is so much potential here but it’s so far from a healthy work environment

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 26, 2026
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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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