Is Keyence a good company to work for?

Keyence has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 2,172 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 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 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Keyence?

Sales Engineer (622) , Senior Sales Engineer (147) , 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 188 reviews)); "Great Development and Training" ((in 121 reviews)); "good salaries but not the best you have to wait few years to get more." ((in 111 reviews)); "Good benefits for the most part and get mileage reimbursed." ((in 55 reviews)); "Great people to work with" ((in 45 reviews))

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

"No Work life balance and a lot of stress" ((in 96 reviews)); "Too much micro management" ((in 83 reviews)); "time managment and japanese culture" ((in 50 reviews)); "Long hours and very metric based" ((in 43 reviews)); "Risk of having a bad manager" ((in 42 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

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3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(520 total reviews)

Tetsuya Nakano

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67% positive business outlook

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3.0

Mar 1, 2023

Good first job, make good money, horrible management style

Sales engineer

Recommend

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Pros

Good pay, outside sales experience right out of college, good products, awesome training program, fun coworkers.

Cons

Micro manage!!!! Horrible customer experience (customers hate keyence sales engineers because they call them every single day), hard to move up if you don't do exactly what the managers want (100+ phone calls per day and 12+ demos per week). You can be the top sales achiever and you'll never be promoted if you don't bug the sh** out of your customers.

2.0

Mar 1, 2023

bad management and vp is not friendly

Sales

Recommend

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Pros

pay if you do well with bonuses is amazing

Cons

bad management. Too much upper politics

3.0

Feb 24, 2023

It takes a certain type of person

Sales engineer

Recommend

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Pros

If you’re competitive, love “the grind,” and are cool with being constantly under the scrutiny of metrics (hitting sales call goal, making phone calls, hitting quota) then theres a lot of pros. They wont fire you unless you SUCK or cheat/lie, solid work life balance considering you arent at an office all day, good benefits, good pay, great training and youre super higherable after a year or two here.

Cons

If you get caught in a management structure where no one above you will be leaving/moving up anytime soon, it can be really hard to get promoted. Company is very slow to change and very much follows Japanese values. Considers very little input from employees. There is a strong feeling that the “secret sauce” works and there is no reason to change it, despite the high turnover at this company. Lots of people spend 2 years here then leave, but the people who dont leave find themselves ina really solid groove where they can sort of sleep walk through the job and make solid money. Bad maternity/paternity. Have heard from women at the company that its a mans world here.

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