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
Feb 24, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

I would say it is nothing considered as pros, since at Vietnam the salary that keyence paid is not that high compare to the other branch on over the world, it's like we just be able to make around $10k/year, so that is totally not that high compare to the market. 3. No culture, it like Game of Throne in there, don't go in

Cons

A lot of cons that I have to say. 1. The dangerous, even though the traffic condition in Vietnam is hell of the chaos rubbish, we still have to go "Sales Call" 3 times/ week, in which we have to travel a really long distance that can take up to about 400km travel per day. And the worst thing is that we have to go in the morning, at about 6-7am and get back to the office at 6pm in order to attend the mundane meeting with your bosses! (which are the very stoic Japanese people that you think you could just only see them on the movie). So how could we do all of that, well, overtime, overtime a lot so that we can catch up with this. 2. No work life balance, as I mentioned above, nothing that can consider Work life balance in this office. Not working overtime, you considered an improper worker. Not making enough 60 calls/day? You will not be offered another contract next year.

5.0
Dec 21, 2018

True Meritocracy

Recommend
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Pros

Amazing support and training from the start allows you to hit the ground running at Keyence. The company only promotes from within, meaning everyone you speak to was once doing your job. This creates a very open office environment. The products are truly market leading, which helps a lot with the sales aspect of the Job. Some people reviews complain about the number of KPI'S. In actual fact there are only a few, the rest are just indicators which highlight areas for improvement. If you are someone who wants to do well you will actually appreciate these. The bonus system is generous, and does not rely solely on sales or personal performance. This means that even if you miss your sales target but are working hard you will still be significantly rewarded. Also, there is little competitive nature to the bonus, individuals will get a higher bonus if the company as a whole performs well. This means people are actually benefit financially from helping their colleagues to do well. There is truly unlimited progression potential. You will never be at a point where you are waiting for an opening before being promoted. The company recognises potential and will go out of their way to provide opportunities to promote people if the deserve it. This means you can make decent money relatively quickly if you have the right work ethic.

Cons

The company is growing very quickly, which is great because it means smaller territories and less travel. But this also means a lot of new people are being hired. Some of these people do not always have the right mindset for technical sales, so will not make the most of the opportunity. Also, some are fresh from university, so Keyence is their first job. Some of these people flourish, whilst others are in over the heads as it can be an overwhelming first job.

2.0
Jan 5, 2018

Senior Sales Engineer

Recommend
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Pros

Good company car (private use also), you make your own schedule.

Cons

Bad teamwork, low salary, no work/life balance, you are just a number nobody cares, bad management, not customer based, huge fluctuation, most of workers leave before 1.5 yr, impossible growth expectation.

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