Micromanagement and Unpaid Commissions - Business Development Executive Darktrace Employee Review

1.0
Jan 31, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fuits provided once a week Colleagues generally nice Friday payday drinks

Cons

Did not pay me out my commission owed and ignored my requestss for commission statements Micromanagement and general lack of professionalism, including on middle management; accounts allocated unequally in a way that felt very much like favouratism and encouraged (or even celebrated) rawdogging prospect outreach No genuine line of career-development outside of Business Development and Sales, even if you possess the skillset to work in another department Office badly equipped with chairs that would even make a dining chair look ergonomic, same goes for broken sockets, lack of option for desktop set-up ect. I could not even get a mouse to work with. Internal processes are generally very unorganized and volatile; there was a lack of up-to-date material, and often times only in English, which is difficult working in European markets. Similarly, commission rules and structured were changed on a regular basis and left for a lot of grey-zones. It was commonly accepted that commission would not be awarded upon successfully connecting a client but had to be clawed back through a number of bureaucratic hurdles.

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5.0
Jul 17, 2026
Recommend
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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
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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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