Is Keyence a good company to work for?

Keyence has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 2,173 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 increase in salary depends on how hard you work." ((in 189 reviews)); "Great training and gradute level job" ((in 115 reviews)); "good salaries but not the best you have to wait few years to get more." ((in 113 reviews)); "Good benefits for the most part and get mileage reimbursed." ((in 60 reviews)); "Great people to work with" ((in 48 reviews))

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

"No work life balance and a lot of stress" ((in 105 reviews)); "Too much micro management" ((in 87 reviews)); "time managment and japanese culture" ((in 51 reviews)); "Risk of having a bad manager" ((in 43 reviews)); "Long hours and very metric based" ((in 41 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

(521 total reviews)

Tetsuya Nakano

Not enough data to show CEO approval

67% positive business outlook

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5.0

Feb 23, 2021

Engineer

Sales

Recommend

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Pros

Good pay, good benefit, company is always transparent about where you stand.

Cons

Tons of travel, very competitive.

4.0

Feb 19, 2021

Good but not good?

Sale engineer

Recommend

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Pros

Good money for new graduated , great coworkers

Cons

Works as robot Risking life on the road

4.0

Feb 18, 2021

Numbers driven performance

Sales specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Performance reviews are never a surprise as the metrics are all based quantifiable actions. The employee development in comparison to competitive organizations is significantly more advanced and thorough. It is a common joke that competitors will attempt to poach Keyence employees after a couple years by offering a few thousand more in salary to disguise worse long term career opportunity. Benefits are very competitive From a future outlook, Keyence supports manufacturing globally and is investing in new products that do and will support other areas like R&D globally.

Cons

As a sales position, the results are somewhat dictated by "territory" or area of coverage. From a market perspective, this is true for any sales role and Keyence is no different.

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