Interesting Tech, Not Great to Employees - Enterprise Account Executive Darktrace Employee Review

2.0
Feb 23, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-a lot of responsibility and autonomy for young, inexperienced entering their first job -co-workers are great people, smart and empathetic, helpful to commiserate with -technology is being recognized, and for many customers is useful -health/vision insurance, 15 vacation, 5 sick/personal days

Cons

-recent grads are hired, payed very little, not trained effectively, worked to the bone without proper tools and then leave as new-er grads walk through the door. Training is limited and there are not enough resources / nor a community where you can ask for meaningful help. - tools are few and CRM is flawed -- this has left a bad taste for many potential prospects / leads -commission structure is not great -company writes fake positive glassdoor reviews to balance the negative true ones -company culture does not value employees, fear and stress are what keeps everything going -you will/can be in a different city up to 5x a week (on average probably 2-3x a week). -outside sales rep does not get support from inside sales (you must prospect your own leads, go to your own meetings, and close your own deals), and it is also expected to attend & drive attendance to marketing events. -no 401k, no equity

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5.0
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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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