Just Endured Worst Year of My Life - hanging in there - Enterprise Sales Darktrace Employee Review

1.0
Dec 3, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are many talented, passionate and committed people in the organization. Unfortunately, their impacts get muted out due to the chaos, poor communication, bad systems, etc. of the company. Also, the solutions are powerful and do really help our customers solve real issues

Cons

It's easy to see the issues in the other reviews. from a sales perspective, I would provide the following summary: 1. Way too much turn-over. it kills continuity and our worsens our culture. always replacing people and it's impossible to grow a business with constant churn 2. Beat down metrics - so much to say here. In summary, the sales metrics are overwhelming and have killed morale. it's hard to describe the feeling to be constantly under a micro-scope. there are metrics for everything 3. Pay - comp plans from an IC rate are positive but it's impossible to hit objectives unless you have many current customers. Very few people are even coming close to hitting sales objectives. 4. Systems - many reviews about the internal systems. it's a nightmare. homegrown CRM is a mess but it's just one of many severe system/tools issues that kill productivity. 5. Territories - what a mess. rooted in our systems issues but everything is done manually and causes so many issues and wastes time. constant chaos. never seen anything quite like it.

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5.0
Jul 17, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Growth opportunity, growing team adding experience, strong marketing leadership Very interesting technology and industry

Cons

Constant changes in company structure and leadership leads to stagnant workflows

2.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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