Is Keyence a good company to work for?

Keyence has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 2,163 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% 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 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Keyence. This rating has decreased by 2% 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 (618) , Senior Sales Engineer (147) , Sales (59) , Technical Sales Engineer (58) , Ingénieur Technico-commercial (51) , Sales Manager (41) , Sales Specialist (37) , 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 190 reviews)); "good salaries but not the best you have to wait few years to get more." ((in 119 reviews)); "Good Training if you're young" ((in 110 reviews)); "Good benefits for the most part and get mileage reimbursed." ((in 59 reviews)); "Great people to work with" ((in 49 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)); "Too much micro management" ((in 84 reviews)); "time managment and japanese culture" ((in 52 reviews)); "Long hours and very metric based" ((in 41 reviews)); "Risk of having a bad manager" ((in 40 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 Keyence locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Little Rock , Portland , Elmwood Park , Atlanta , Denver , San Jose , Kansas City , Minneapolis , Louisville , Indianapolis

Keyence reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(1,552 total reviews)

Yu Nakata

67% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Career opportunities

3.3

Culture & values

3.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Senior management

2.7

Work/Life balance

Keyence has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,552 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Keyence employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

4.0

Sep 28, 2014

Awesome company to start a sales engineering career. If successful, can earn lots of money and be rewarded with frequent promotions

Sales engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Get to see how things are created/manufactured. Sell innovative electronics that are a cut above the competition to Fortune 1000 customers. Freedom to set your own schedule

Cons

Although it's changing, Japanese headquarters still has too much influence on US operations

3.0

Sep 8, 2014

High Turnover Amongst Experienced Reps Currently; Could Be Different In A Couple Years

Senior sales engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Base Pay + Commission Good people to work with Positive changes aimed towards American Culture over last 2 years Innovative products Growing company Management is becoming better at listening to employees

Cons

Sometimes stress sales call/phone metrics over possible sales 2-3yr burnout expected MAG commission is low- 3-3.5% off of 36% effect which equates to ~1.25% of total sale Micromanagement- Need to realize some people sell differently and can be more successful without doing it the Keyence way Mandatory 7:30am-5pm hours whereas similar positions are 8:00am-4pm or no set hours at all for salesman Vacation is low-10 days of vacation starting (12days after 2 years) Some divisions could use a bump in mileage for having to driving SUVs/Trucks/Vans instead of fuel efficient cars

3.0

Sep 3, 2014

Growing company with some potential

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fair salary and benefits, growing company.

Cons

Long hours, work/life balance is not ideal.

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Awesome company to start a sales engineering career. If successful, can earn lots of money and be rewarded with frequent promotions

High Turnover Amongst Experienced Reps Currently; Could Be Different In A Couple Years

Growing company with some potential

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