Genuine Experience - Commercial Director Darktrace Employee Review

5.0
Mar 29, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company truly gives you the opportunity for rapid progression. The culture is to promote internally and as such the leaders in the business are fully of energy, impressive at a young age, and given large levels of responsibility. Top earners can make between 200-300k per year in their 2nd/3rd years. The tech is genuinely exceptional and loved by customers. The tech delivery team are similarly impressive.

Cons

With the rapid growth comes significant pressure. There are high expectations and the targets can seem relentless. Support is absolutely there if you need it but being driven/autonomous is important to succeed here. The lack of external hiring into management can make 'Darktrace Centric' views on process too common. However it has been encouraging to see management training improving considerably in recent months.

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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