Cool Tech, No Pay - Account Executive Darktrace Employee Review

3.0
Feb 13, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Technology is industry leading, going full platform so a number of tools to sell.

Cons

No ramp period. You are expected to deal with potentially 6+ months of no commission. Hyper Aggressive, unrealistic sales approach with expected sales cycles in the 45 day range at large, enterprise and strategic customers. Mandatory 3 days in office (Tues/Weds/Thurs) no exceptions. No stability, constantly changing teams and structures No marketing help, with very little support in terms of outreach or information. Expected outreach as an AE is 150+ calls per week to the point that your prospects are DNC'ing you weekly due to the aggressive nature of the outreach. Sales tracking is monthly, not quarterly, and 2 months of "down" will lead to a PIP in month 3. Less than a year in, and with the lack of ramp, total commission has been less than $6K.

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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
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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