Great first sales job out of college - Sales Engineer Keyence Employee Review

3.0
May 15, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

-As a fresh collegiate graduate, Keyence offers a great base salary with bonus structure. -Phenomenal training program -The technical technical team is very knowledgeable -The products and top-notch. They are fun to sell

Cons

-Management is too caught up in micro-managing and measuring every possible metric that they lose sight on how to best develop their employees -Certain divisions have ridiculous activity metrics and a lot of people fake activity to meet the numbers -High call number expectations which also leads sales team to fake calls and trick management into thinking they’re doing great -The sales structure is skewed. Someone who sells 5x as much as another employee could end up making less money for the quarter due to goal sizes (The excuse is that they try to be fair to everyone.....)

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
May 14, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Fast paced work environment. CRM is the best I have ever had access to. Data tracking and sales insight is top notch. The regional director for TSS in Michigan/Indiana is great to work under. Leads are easily available, the product is great and it’s easy to get in the door places.

Cons

Metrics are more focused on quantity over quality. Frequently working 50+ hour weeks. Too many reps per territory and it can create a negative perception. Bonus structure vs straight commission is frusterating. Clear advancement structure however being ranked against peers with different sales targets in frusterating. Feels like a turn and burn type of mentality towards sales reps.

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