Keyence reviews

It is much, much more cold calling than they make it out to be. 40% of your time is required to be at the office making calls from 7:30 to 5:00 on the dot with a few team and manager meetings thrown in. They micromanage every move you make, with call count performance reviewed every office day. The metrics you’re evaluated on are extremely hard to follow, and a lot are completely pointless; this leads to 99% of reps fudging their data. You won’t have a voice at all, and since the company is so data-driven it is easy for management to focus and harp on all of the ways you’re failing, and overlook the ways you’re succeeding. The mentality they have doesn’t label good performance as success, but more so fulfilling what’s expected, “now do that again and even better next month”. Easy to see why we are known for fast employee turnover. You’re definitely replaceable here, and burnout is unavoidable.

You are a corporate drone. You will be treated with the same respect if it's your first day or 10th year. You will always be scrutinized. You can always work harder. Keyence's number one core value: the company comes first, always; ensure its lasting survival at whatever cost. You have a baby? Prepare to work more hours. You will have no life. You think you have a life, but you've been brain washed. You will sell the same 40 products your entire time at Keyence, unless you switch divisions. You will go on 6 sales calls a day Tuesday through Thursday. You will be expected to take meticulous notes at every call. Every day. Enter data. Work. Repeat. bonuses are unpredictable and unfair. Constantly changing. You sell double? You don't make double. You hit goal, but sell products not included on the strategy list? Your bonus is meager. Impersonal. Cold. Calculated. You are a number, and you work for a machine. There is no human element. They will exploit you till you have no soul, you get sick and fat and stressed, or you burn out and quit.