Is Keyence a good company to work for?

Keyence has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 2,166 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 (618) , Senior Sales Engineer (147) , Sales (59) , Technical Sales Engineer (58) , Ingénieur Technico-commercial (51) , Sales Manager (41) , Sales Specialist (38) , 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 192 reviews)); "good salaries but not the best you have to wait few years to get more." ((in 112 reviews)); "Good Training if you're young" ((in 110 reviews)); "Good benefits for the most part and get mileage reimbursed." ((in 60 reviews)); "Great people to work with" ((in 47 reviews))

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

"No Work life balance and a lot of stress" ((in 105 reviews)); "Too much micro management" ((in 86 reviews)); "time managment and japanese culture" ((in 49 reviews)); "Long hours and very metric based" ((in 43 reviews)); "Risk of having a bad manager" ((in 42 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 , Indianapolis , Cleveland , Charlotte , Louisville , Irvine , Portland , Farmington Hills , Rochester

Keyence reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(1,554 total reviews)

Tetsuya Nakano

Not enough data to show CEO approval

67% positive business outlook

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Keyence has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,554 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).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

2.0

May 16, 2019

Bad Company Culture

Senior sales engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good starting salary for people right out of college

Cons

Long hours, too much driving, no autonomy, poor management

3.0

May 15, 2019

Great first sales job out of college

Sales engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-As a fresh collegiate graduate, Keyence offers a great base salary with bonus structure. -Phenomenal training program -The technical technical team is very knowledgeable -The products and top-notch. They are fun to sell

Cons

-Management is too caught up in micro-managing and measuring every possible metric that they lose sight on how to best develop their employees -Certain divisions have ridiculous activity metrics and a lot of people fake activity to meet the numbers -High call number expectations which also leads sales team to fake calls and trick management into thinking they’re doing great -The sales structure is skewed. Someone who sells 5x as much as another employee could end up making less money for the quarter due to goal sizes (The excuse is that they try to be fair to everyone.....)

Keyence Response

6y

Thank you for your feedback! I will make sure to pass this along.

3.0

May 2, 2019

Structure

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Bonuses, promotions within the company only

Cons

Zero Flexibility, poor work life balance

Keyence Response

6y

Thank you for your feedback!

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