Keyence reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(1,559 total reviews)

Tetsuya Nakano

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67% positive business outlook

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).

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2K reviews
1.0
Sep 26, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

1) Develop a good work ethic which will be recognised when you leave, as being worked into the ground becomes the norm at Keyence. 2) Good learning on how not to conduct business.

Cons

1) Low salary compared to market average. 2) Brainwashing by management. 3) Meaningless promotions to keep employees excited. 4) Long hours. 5) Keyence customers are are not happy customers due to being constantly hounded for orders by stressed employees trying to reach target. 6) Shockingly the management are asking their 'senior' employees to write 'good' reviews on Glassdoor.

1.0
Aug 9, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Money, people you work with, good sales experience

Cons

pretty much everything else. -no career growth. Your title and salary will change but you will be doing the same job the whole time. So 5 years in you're still doing the same job as the new guy. -work constantly 65 hours a week - so many goals to hit and most of them are unatainable. Soon there will be a goal for how many bathroom breaks your are allowed to take. -you will be required to make 60-80 phone calls (90% cold calls) a day. Most sales rep are constantly calling the same contact at the company which is extremely annoying. -When you ask your manager for advice all they can say is make more phone calls. There is no strategy in this company. Japan tells the managers what to do and they tell us. Managers are basically well paid translators. -let's give them a bit more credit, managers are also very good at micro managing. Checking your cell phones to see where you are, 2 meeting a day to remind you to hit goal. You ask them how and they have no idea. - the working hours feel like you're back in elementary school. The bell rings at 8 am and 5 pm. If you get there after 8am or leave before 5pm you will get in trouble. Even thought you got home at 10 pm the night before you are required to be at the office for 8 am sharp. In summary you are just a number to Keyence. People that work there for a long time leave the company and realized they haven't learnt anything and hence you are stuck in sales your whole life. Most of the employees are engineers but get treated like crap.

2.0
May 23, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Great people on the sales side. Excellent opportunity to learn technical sales. You will make a killing if you have a good product line and a good territory.

Cons

Horrible managers, average salary when you start really looking around at other opportunities. Metrics are retarded and change every quarter. Sometimes they want you to be proactive, sometimes reactive, and in a split second everyone changes, it just goes to show how the stats at this company are like the TV show "Who's line is it anyway", where everything is made up and the points don't matter. No real chance of movement upward. By the time you think you can get somewhere, if your smart you will realize that your job is basically to be a product demo donkey. What's a group lead title when there's no one to lead? Like I said, stepping stone into sales. Long hours and no work from home. Expect to cold call on summer Friday at 430 PM to pitch a product someone doesn't need. Company philosophy: Make more phone calls, book more sales calls. That's all the advice you will get from your manager. Long days on the road, you will drive like a truck driver. Shotgun approach to call everyone push the product regardless if there's an application. Ultimately, this company is a stepping stone for other better paid job opportunities. Life span of an employee is under 3 years generally speaking. When you join ask why your predecessors left, and how many there have been in the past. If the number is high, you have a bad manager and get ready to face the same fate. Your success will depend on your product line and the accounts in your territory. If you'r in the MAG team, IM is the best product to sell.

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