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

Keyence reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(1,559 total reviews)

Tetsuya Nakano

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67% 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).

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2K reviews

3.0

Feb 1, 2016

Overall, OK

Technical sales engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Good benefits/salary - Young international environment - A very financial stable Company

Cons

- All execs are Japanese, and the company has a cultural-gap between layers - Failed to create a Corporate culture in Europe - Burnout process. Young employees > Give 120% > Leave > Hire new - Few long term employees

5.0

Mar 19, 2014

Overall, a very good company to work for.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Keyence is a very fair company, giving fair opportunities to everyone including new/younger starters. Everybody starts from the same level as a sales engineer. The more successful, the quicker you get promoted. If you are successful at sales, you are recognised and you are rewarded.

Cons

On the other hand, if you prefer to be lazy and you are not successful, unfortunately you won’t be rewarded. so, on this aspect, this sales job is not suited to everybody. Only if you are willing to put some efforts, then you will be ok.

1.0

Jul 11, 2019

blood sucker management

Sales executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

is money worth the time?

Cons

it looks attractive for package but by calculating the hours put in, it is not worth your time in this company. think twice before joining. no work life balance. totally working like a robot- cold calling twice a week, visits 6-7 per day , working late to do reports and testing. seniors cheated their salescall visits and cheated on OT pay still can be a leader. what a joke!

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