Is Keyence a good company to work for?

Keyence has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 2,164 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% 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 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Keyence. This rating has decreased by 2% 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 (618) , Senior Sales Engineer (147) , Sales (59) , Technical Sales Engineer (58) , Ingénieur Technico-commercial (51) , Sales Manager (41) , Sales Specialist (37) , 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 working with other young people" ((in 181 reviews)); "good salaries but not the best you have to wait few years to get more." ((in 118 reviews)); "Great Development and Training" ((in 113 reviews)); "Good benefits for the most part and get mileage reimbursed." ((in 55 reviews)); "Great people to work with" ((in 54 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Keyence according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance and a lot of stress" ((in 101 reviews)); "Too much micro management" ((in 88 reviews)); "time managment and japanese culture" ((in 52 reviews)); "Risk of having a bad manager" ((in 41 reviews)); "long hours and lots of metrics" ((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 , Denver , Seattle , Philadelphia , Birmingham , Kansas City , Austin , Cleveland , Charlotte , Indianapolis , Louisville , Irvine , Portland , Farmington Hills , Rochester

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3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(1,553 total reviews)

Tetsuya Nakano

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67% positive business outlook

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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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2.0

Jun 18, 2018

Micro Management

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Business Outlook

Pros

They pay on time, even though they frequent news up bonuses

Cons

Extreme micromanagement. Upper management is really just a bunch of puppets for Japanese management, or the latest business catch phrase

3.0

May 9, 2018

Great Opportunity to start your career

Sales engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, co workers are awesome, training is thorough and you really get to know your products before starting the job

Cons

ALOT of travel. Currently driving about 1000 miles a week. Very lonely and slow paced. Also at least a 1000 minutes of cold calls a month.

3.0

Apr 26, 2018

The Ground Truth

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Recommend

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Business Outlook

Pros

- Great people - Outstanding technical expertise - Fantastic products overall - Growing extremely fast

Cons

- Lower salary compared to competitors and to high cost of living areas like California - Overly complex bonus and commission structure - Poor leadership and developmemt of new leaders - Turnover

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