Wage Cage - BDE - Business Development Executive Darktrace Employee Review

2.0
Dec 5, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people you work along side will probably become life long friends due to the constant trauma you both endured.

Cons

Not sure if it’s possible to fit all the cons in one box. I do want to note that managers and directors for the most part are good people. The company in general however is a terrible place for your mental health. The answer to everything is more dials. In turn you call prospects 3 times a weeks and quickly get blocked. Changes are made with good intentions and then carried out in the worst way possible (thanks sales ops) which resulted 20 people getting fired or just leaving over a 4 month span. There is no clear success plan month to month, what you do one month might put you at 150% and the very next month at 25%. BDEs lucky enough to get paired with good AEs will never have to worry about truly being good at this job and in turn will get supplemented with more opportunities, promotions, and able to get away with more while 60-75% of the office misses target for the 3rd month in a row.

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
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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