Keyence reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(1,550 total reviews)

Yu Nakata

67% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Keyence has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,550 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
Aug 31, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Excellent training program, great resources, great benefits, decent pay, good growth potential, healthy/ethical/fair/professional environment. Job is more of a hands-on applications consultant position than your typical sales job, lots of interesting industrial problem-solving projects, and most of your clients are technically-inclined enough to stimulate highly technical discussions. Engineering skills are not completely required, but definitely a huge plus.

Cons

Still a sales job no matter how you cut it, so somewhat commision-based. Turnover is high when economy is good, or very bad, but they have a point system where you'll get paid fairly as long as you put in your hours. Fair amount of cold-calling. Training period is not as organized as it should be. Has potential for long hours.

3.0
Jul 9, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent training, not just at the start Excellent products Cutting edge technologies Great to learn how sales should be done - good habits created

Cons

Micromanagement culture, they will kill you with their rules and policies and you will hate being under the magnifying glass Secretive product research and management, little sales interaction before product is released (in the US), to name a few Company discourages personal and business life to be separate and this creates a cold place to work, little true friends (not backstabbers and self centered egotistical stuck up college boys) Little room for an American to be in upper management due to the Japanese management philosophy

3.0
Apr 26, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good product training, fun atmosphere, interesting products, company focused mgmt team

Cons

your boss makes or breaks your experience. if you get a good mentor, and are willing to go the extra mile to learn the business, then this company will be a great 2-5 year adventure, but if you get stuck with a poor teacher (combined with a poor student) the entire experience will be less than enjoyable. the pay is ok, but not incredible, and the travel is exhausting...

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