Is Keyence a good company to work for?

Keyence has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 2,174 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 187 reviews)); "good salaries but not the best you have to wait few years to get more." ((in 111 reviews)); "Good Training if you're young" ((in 103 reviews)); "Good benefits for the most part and get mileage reimbursed." ((in 58 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 100 reviews)); "Micro management from Japanese company" ((in 92 reviews)); "time managment and japanese culture" ((in 50 reviews)); "Long hours and very metric based" ((in 42 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 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

Not enough data to show CEO approval

67% positive business outlook

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3.0

Jan 6, 2022

Great start out of college, burnout isn’t easy

Sales engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Good starting pay and benefits, transparent goals.

Cons

Antiquated tech stack and old school mentality within management. You sell automation technology to factories yet have minimal automation software within the sales org. Sales call expectation is high and burns you out. There are software jobs that pay more and allow you to work from home and are easier.

3.0

Jan 5, 2022

Manufacturing heavy

Sales engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Decent pay, good benefits, little micromanaging, bonuses,

Cons

Hard to take time off without affecting rankings, have to be passionate about the manufacturing industry. Pretty long hours

2.0

Dec 24, 2021

Not recommended

Technical marketing engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Pay and benefits are pretty good, and job security is solid since they can’t hire enough people to keep teams properly staffed.

Cons

Company doesn’t take Covid seriously and wfh is not an option at all. Japanese work culture reigns supreme here, so I hope you don’t mind being asked to come in early, stay late, or work the occasional weekend without being paid for it.

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