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
5.0
Sep 4, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Keyence is a global leader in factory automation equipment. They are an extremely profitable company, look after their employees by providing financial security and reward with industry leading incentives that could be a combination of financial, recognition & awards, promotion, etc. Keyence is extremely profitable due to constantly releasing high-end automation-related technology that is second to none in their respective marketplace with a high performance working culture where you are developed to your true peak performance as well as learning to maintain this high level of performance output. It is extremely exciting and drives the company as a single unit in one direction which is positive growth not only for Keyence but for all of our clients in disrupting their respective marketplace with our technology paving the way for innovation, providing value to their customers as well as cost savings and other intangible benefits to their respective industry as a whole.

Cons

There can initially be long working hours due to getting to grips with the technology as there is a lot to absorb at outset. It will take some time to increase your working efficiency when dealing with applications, clients, scheduling, proposals, presentation, etc. If you are very motivated and in sync with the comprehensive training provided by Keyence, you will be up and running within around 6 months. Keyence is a company for those that want to set the bar extremely high whilst increasing your earning potential by way of high performance incentives. If this is not in line with your own temperament, it may not be the company for you.

2.0
Sep 6, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

This is a great place for fresh graduates to start with because of the good money and lots of training after working hours and on weekends to build-up your product knowledge and skills.

Cons

A very micro-managed company that trace your every move, you need to do a detailed recording after every sales visit or sales call. It is sad to say that they do not trust their employees, the way they managed their employees is like managing their kids. You have to follow every instruction given top-down, no room for negotiation or suggestion, "don't ask and just do it" culture. A place that give you money but no time for you to spend. Totally no work-life balance in this company, should only join them if you do not have any family members and friends because the management will make sure you do not have time for them. If you leave 30mins AFTER your official working hours, your boss will start to penalize you on that. They will exploit you till you burn out and give up. Once they feel that your performance is no longer what they expecting, they will try all ways to make you leave on your own. They adopt a "anti-vacation" policy as well. They do not encourage employees to take year-end vacation, the total number of consecutive vacation days they allow will be 9days INCLUDING Sat, Sun and Public Holiday. Thus, you can forget about having any vacation that is longer than that.

1.0
Dec 4, 2014

most awful experience ever

Anonymous employee
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Pros

if you are a genuine robot, please do work here.

Cons

not very clear on what they wanted from me. hired me with high expectations and great opportunities, turned out i had to do telemarketing 8hours a day. plus they have crazy targets, which were not met by managers (i empirically checked data in the intranet). awful.

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