Stay far far away - Account Executive Darktrace Employee Review

1.0
Jan 10, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Awesome coworkers. Made lifelong friendships. The technology is fantastic. Free benefits.

Cons

Pretty much everything, from the top of sales Management to your direct report there is simply nothing but incompetence within this management team. I would never recommend someone to take a job here. They are too late to go the channel route and they’re too small in America to succeed. Thoma Bravo is going to squeeze every last dime out of Darktrace and then sell to the highest bidder for their technology. It’s so bad that by the end of every quarter you’ll be offering 80% discounts just to see if you can get something in, you’ll then get your quota doubled and the threat of being fired because that’s the only style management has. There is no consistency or development, no one knows what they’re doing.

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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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