Is Keyence a good company to work for?

Keyence has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 2,174 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 66% of employees would recommend working at Keyence to a friend and 67% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Keyence have been left by employees working as Sales Manager , Sales Representative and Technical Sales Intern .

Does Keyence pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Keyence employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Keyence. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Keyence?

66% of Keyence employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Keyence 2.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Keyence?

Sales Engineer (622) , Senior Sales Engineer (148) , Sales (59) , Technical Sales Engineer (58) , Ingénieur Technico-commercial (51) , Sales Manager (41) , Sales Specialist (39) , Sales Representative (36) , Consulting Sales Engineer (31) , ASM (Area Sales Manager) (23) , Technical Marketing Engineer (23) , Sales Executive (22) , Sales Associate (21) , Sales Engineer II (21) , Technical Support Engineer (19)

What are the pros of working at Keyence according to real employee reviews?

"Good pay and working with other young people" ((in 184 reviews)); "Good Training if you're young" ((in 115 reviews)); "good salaries but not the best you have to wait few years to get more." ((in 114 reviews)); "Good benefits for the most part and get mileage reimbursed." ((in 65 reviews)); "Great people to work with" ((in 53 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Keyence according to real employee reviews?

"No Work life balance and a lot of stress" ((in 103 reviews)); "Micro management from Japanese company" ((in 89 reviews)); "time managment and japanese culture" ((in 51 reviews)); "Long hours and very metric based" ((in 44 reviews)); "Risk of having a bad manager" ((in 39 reviews))

What are employees saying about Keyence layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Keyence layoffs and their outlook for job security at Keyence in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Keyence locations?

Chicago , Itasca , Boston , Detroit , Los Angeles , San Francisco , Raleigh , Dallas , Nashville , Tampa , Elmwood Park , San Jose , Minneapolis , Cincinnati , Atlanta , Grand Rapids , Austin , Denver , Seattle , Philadelphia , Birmingham , Kansas City , Indianapolis , Cleveland , Charlotte , Louisville , Irvine , Portland , Farmington Hills , Rochester

Keyence reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(522 total reviews)

Tetsuya Nakano

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67% positive business outlook

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2.0

Dec 24, 2021

Not recommended

Technical marketing engineer

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Pros

Pay and benefits are pretty good, and job security is solid since they can’t hire enough people to keep teams properly staffed.

Cons

Company doesn’t take Covid seriously and wfh is not an option at all. Japanese work culture reigns supreme here, so I hope you don’t mind being asked to come in early, stay late, or work the occasional weekend without being paid for it.

3.0

Dec 23, 2021

Learn a Lot, Work a Lot

Sales engineer

Recommend

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Pros

Decent salary, heard there is good insurance (not using it currently), if you like field sales/ driving/ talking to people that let you learn a lot and can be super fun, great sales training imo. Very fair promotions, not political, in my experience.

Cons

Nobody tells you hours are 7:30-5:00 and are strictly enforced. will support you even if you miss goals which is nice but to “do well” at this job is a TON of effort and time. In my opinion it is not sustainable long term (more than about 2 years). Pretty cool people to work with but overall company culture comes from Japan- no cool/ fun perks. Very basic vacation time and offices are similar to “the office” in that they have 0… pictures? Colors? Very cut and dry.

3.0

Dec 23, 2021

Hardcore Japan Culture

Sales engineer

Recommend

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Pros

Good money and company car straight from school

Cons

Japanese culture, micromanaging and very number oriented which sometimes makes no sense

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