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      Keyence

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      Keyence reviews

      3.7

      66% would recommend to a friend

      (1,553 total reviews)

      Tetsuya Nakano

      Not enough data to show CEO approval

      67% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.2

      Senior management

      2.7

      Work/Life balance

      Keyence has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,553 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).

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      2K reviews
      5.0
      Nov 27, 2013

      Experienced Sales Engineer (SE2)

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexibility and autonomy. You don't sit at a desk all day. You are an authority on solving problems. You meet many people, and see the manufacturing Industry inside and out. You make a ton of Money. Work hard, hit your goals, be proactive.

      Cons

      Travel can wear on you. They utilize many many metrics. Sometimes the pressure to achieve optimally in these strategies can be stressful. As with all jobs, the wrong manager will micromanage, which adds lots of stress.

      3.0
      Oct 15, 2013

      Good place to start

      Sales engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great training, good products, interesting job when in the field, pretty good starting pay, the experience will make you a valuable employee somewhere else when you burn out.

      Cons

      micromanagement, bad atmosphere in the office, no flexibility in the rules, ex: late if you arrive at 7:31am, even if you worked until 11pm the previous day. 50-70hr work week, advancement opportunities can be very limited, high turn-over, HR department seems to favor management over employees and can't be trusted with confidential information

      4.0
      Jan 24, 2012

      Great place to learn sales and make money, expect a 3-5 year burnout

      Senior sales engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Management has begun moving in the right direction in terms of giving salespeople the tools they need to be most effective while on the road. Great opportunity to earn good money for the amount of work done. Excellent launchpad for a career in sales in industrial manufacturing.

      Cons

      Very visible glass ceiling for anyone who does not come from the Japanese HQ. Management positions are few, and tend not to open up very frequently. The culture is inflexible in certain aspects, making it sometimes difficult to maintain a good work/life balance. The repetitive nature of the job and the metrics used to assess salespeople become numbing over time and lead to a burnout of most salespeople by the 3-5 year mark. Good news is that by that time, companies with more flexible cultures will be knocking on your door to hire you. Bonus structure levels off at a sometimes unfair level compared to the amount of sales brought in.

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