Fast moving/changing company where you get a lot of independence - Anonymous employee Darktrace Employee Review

4.0
Apr 30, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

A UK tech company with cool products and progressive views on topics like Women-In-Tech, Encryption and Privacy. A culture that allows you to focus on your role and working with peers/customers rather than bland corporate initiatives or filling in irrelevant paperwork - this was a refreshing change to rest of the UK tech sector. Offices and customers all over the world, so travel available for those interested. I've been to lots of countries I otherwise wouldn't have. Its been interesting learning about other working cultures around the world too. Fairly rapid promotion opportunities because company growing so fast. However I'd caution that this does mean taking on genuine responsibility/challenges or targets rather than getting promoted for doing the same job. Pretty good at making decisions quickly Almost all my peers/co-workers have become friends and some will be long-term friends. Lots of people live together if they are based in more expensive cities.

Cons

Still a young company, doesn't come with all the structure/processes you would see at an older business. Still a small company so everyone always busy. This reduces ability for experimentation or work on perceived low value activities. Teams have to make tough decisions about how to spend their time. International customer base can mean awkward hours juggling timezones sometimes VC funded so is very focussed on short term financial performance

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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
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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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