The massive turnover on people doesn’t lie like the 5* reviews on here! - Account Executive Darktrace Employee Review

1.0
Apr 14, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Getting a job at Darktrace is really easy, they’re looking for young people who are hungry for success. Though, it is important that the candidate does not have much previous experience in the job market as this would make the brainwash a much harder task for them. Travel - you get to book your own flights and hotels. You can choose luxury hotels if they’re under the £ 250 per night cap.

Cons

Your success will largely depend on your target region, while Darktrace is popular in English speaking countries you’ll work much harder with less results in other countries. You’ll also have the same targets as everyone else while not having any access to resources like foreign speaking marketing material or legal help negotiating contracts. Your management at first is a Team Leader who was placed in this position for performing well at their Sales Job. Unfortunately, these managers don’t have any proper training to actually perform the position and often lack skills needed to motivate a team. In all fairness inspiring your staff to produce isn’t something Darktrace has ever been good at, so who am I to expect for newly appointed managers to do anything differently. Though I wished the managers would be more mature and professional. Darktrace has always worked with psychological mind games, like installing fear in staff by firing people without giving them a prior warning. If needed, they will also flat out lie to you to get a reaction out of you. Your colleagues in other departments are massively underpaid and it shows in overall morale.

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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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