Is Keyence a good company to work for?

Keyence has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 2,175 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 65% of employees would recommend working at Keyence to a friend and 65% 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?

65% 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 (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 186 reviews)); "good salaries but not the best you have to wait few years to get more." ((in 116 reviews)); "Great Development and Training" ((in 102 reviews)); "Good benefits for the most part and get mileage reimbursed." ((in 59 reviews)); "Great people to work with" ((in 52 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)); "Micro management from Japanese company" ((in 92 reviews)); "time managment and japanese culture" ((in 48 reviews)); "long hours and lots of metrics" ((in 45 reviews)); "Risk of having a bad manager" ((in 41 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

Keyence reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(1,559 total reviews)

Tetsuya Nakano

49% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

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Keyence has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,559 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).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

4.0

Jun 20, 2022

General

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good leadership and management. Professional. Lots of learning.

Cons

Culture can be better. Work life balance can be better

4.0

Jun 19, 2022

Account Executive and Sales Manager

Sales manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

This is a great first job! They are veryyyy structured with metrics, but it teaches you how to work hard and teaches you the entire sales process from cold calling and booking your own appointments, to demoing the equipment, to closing orders, to training your customers/ providing tech support.

Cons

It is a Japanese company and with that they maintain a very strict culture that continues requiring the completion of strict metrics even for those experienced reps that don't need the structure. Being a manger I think you are very under paid for the amount of responsibility you have to maintain.

4.0

Jun 15, 2022

Good

Telemarketer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Not a bad company to work for and grow in.

Cons

Calling people up gets boring

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