Is Keyence a good company to work for?

Keyence has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 2,171 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 (621) , 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 increase in salary depends on how hard you work." ((in 190 reviews)); "Great Development and Training" ((in 115 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 73 reviews)); "Great people to work with" ((in 50 reviews))

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

"No Work life balance and a lot of stress" ((in 99 reviews)); "Too much micro management" ((in 87 reviews)); "time managment and japanese culture" ((in 56 reviews)); "long hours and lots of metrics" ((in 38 reviews)); "Risk of having a bad manager" ((in 38 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

(521 total reviews)

Tetsuya Nakano

Not enough data to show CEO approval

67% positive business outlook

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4.0

Apr 20, 2022

Good Job!

Sales engineer

Recommend

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Pros

Good salary, adjustments towards employees

Cons

Work-Life-Time balance can be difficult Mandatory office days and long journeys in other cities

3.0

Apr 18, 2022

Top Notch Launch Pad

Area product sales manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Best industry skill up anyone could ever get coming straight out of college. Instant training and value add built into your career path. Great Pay

Cons

As you probably have read from many other post, metrics rule all. How else do you build a $5B+ a year sales company with a bunch of college kids selling $100 to $150,000 products. Can't blame the system since it works, but it just has a natural attrition of really well developed sales people moving on into the industry to capture more of the value that Keyence has built into them.

3.0

Apr 18, 2022

Comp not on par with work expected

Sales engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Very clear goals and metrics

Cons

too many metrics to keep track, commission is determined on a bell curve based on your peers performance for the first quarter (which they DO NOT tell you and it is wildly unfair) travel is brutal, vacation and sick days are extremely strict and very minimal WFH

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