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Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently
Asked Questions

  • Our organisation culture is open and flat. We believe all employees are equal and can add value to our organisation through their ideas for improvement.

    Since our organisation structure is flat, every employee should be able to communicate with anyone regardless of title or position. Our culture is not based on seniority.

    Promotions are based solely on performance, not tenure. All employees have the opportunity to get promoted quickly if they are high performers, regardless of the length of service in the company.

    KEYENCE employees give 100%. By focusing on generating results as a team and as a company while we're here, when you leave work for the day you should be able to disconnect completely and enjoy your personal time however you wish.

  • Work-life balance can be a subjective term that means something different to everyone.

    Simply put, at KEYENCE, each employee is fully responsible for their work and their results. Depending on the individual and your position, you may choose to work longer than your scheduled hours to accomplish a task. Some departments have busier seasons during certain times of year or certain days of the month that require more tasks to be completed than others. KEYENCE employees who are dedicated to their results are usually willing to put in the effort in these circumstances.

    At the same time, KEYENCE encourages a clear separation between work and personal life. We do not expect our employees to work on evenings and weekends. We even provide separate laptop and mobile phone that is strictly for business use so that employees can fully disconnect once they are finished with their work.

  • There is more information on our career path listed here.

    All employees will have a formal evaluation with their manager every six months to discuss progress to date and your future at KEYENCE. Our managers are committed to frequent and open communication with their teams.

    Management opportunities can happen as early as 3 years after joining KEYENCE. We provide internal manager development programs to help our employees transition from an employee into a management position.

  • Candidates who are successful in our recruitment process take the proper time to complete each step of the process thoroughly and are true to themselves at each point.

    For our candidates and our company, it is in the best interest of both groups to identify if there is a true alignment between the individual and our company before we make a hiring decision. This usually leads to employees who enjoy their position at KEYENCE and are able to grow within our company for a long time.

  • Out of fairness to current and future applicants, we do not provide feedback on why you did not pass in the initial steps of our recruitment process:

    CV Screening and HireVue/Group Interview Stages.

  • In most cases, you will have the opportunity to meet our hiring manager(s) as well as our General Manager through our recruitment process.

    Our interview process is currently virtual, but there may be the opportunity to meet in person in the final stages of the interview process.

    We want our interview process to expose you to all the right people to determine if you are good fit for the position and company as well as a chance for you to ask questions and determine if this is the company you want to work for.

  • After completing an application form, you will be advised if you have been successful or not in securing an interview.

    Typically our interview process will run as follows - The first stage of the interview process is one of the following: Digital Interview; Group Interview; or Telephone Interview (depending on the role you have applied for). At this stage, you may also be asked to complete a Mechanical Comprehension Test. If successful, your will then be invited to an Interview or Assessment Centre with our in-house Recruitment Team. If successful at the interview with our Recruitment Team, the final stage in the process is an interview with the Hiring Manager/Sales Manager and you will be asked to completed a psychometric test prior to this stage.

  • All positions at KEYENCE are compensated with a base salary, location allowance and quarterly bonus which is based on your individual and company performance.

    We incentivise individual contribution and therefore each employee has the ability to increase their bonus if they are outperforming their peers. Your base salary is paid to you monthly along with location allowance and your bonus is paid out on a quarterly basis. In addition to your base and bonus pay, we do reimburse you for any business expenses occurred during business travel.

    In general, KEYENCE has market-leading compensation and we are able to offer this to our employees due to our outstanding business results. Our operating profit of over 50% is a testament to our success as an organisation. On top of this, we have high expectations for our employees and can run our business more efficiently which means we can pay each employee more.

  • At KEYENCE we provide classroom and on-the-job training programs that directly follow graduation timing and we have a strict promote from within development policy.

    All employees at KEYENCE work their way up through our organisation. This ensures that your manager has done your job and is more than qualified to provide coaching and advice for the unique challenges you may come across in your role.

  • At KEYENCE, we hire individuals from all degree disciplines.

    Due to our extensive training program, we can train any new hire on our technical products regardless of their degree background. For new hires who come to KEYENCE with a technical background, the product knowledge comes more easily. For those who come from a business or other background, the sales aspect comes more easily. Therefore, we provide both technical product knowledge and sales skill training during the classroom and an on-the-job mentorship program.

    While we screen for the ability to learn technical concepts in our recruitment process, having a technical background is not a requirement. We have many new hires that do not have a technical background and they are high-performers in our company.

  • KEYENCE sales employees spend two days in their local sales office and three days in the field visiting their customers.

    Office days provide the opportunity for you to call customers to schedule your appointments for the upcoming week, follow up on projects, information share with territory partners or members from your product line, and a chance for additional training and development.

    During your field days you are physically taking your "demo unit" (the product that you sell) to your customers facilities and showing them how our product can be effective in their process. This is our business to business, consultative sales approach that allows us to help solve customers’ problems and improve their business operations!

  • Where possible, KEYENCE provide opportunities for employees to move around in the organisation whether that be to different office locations or different product lines.

    There are many people who choose to live and growth within their role in the same office they started in. However, there are also many employees who move around to different product lines and office locations after they have proven themselves as a high-performers for a period of time in their original role. Opportunities as KEYENCE will be considered first for those who have proven performance and strong results.

    There may be opportunity for international trips to Japan as you progress in your career with KEYENCE, however international transfers are not common. Because each affiliate operates independently, hiring and employment are handled separately.

  • KEYENCE offers an excellent benefits package in addition to our market-leading compensation. Our benefits package includes:

    • 1) Location allowance in addition to base salary and bonus
    • 2) Private Health Cover*
    • 3) Life Assurance and Critical Illness Cover*
    • 4) Company car (sales roles only) – For business and personal use
    • 5) Fully expensed accommodation and travel for business purposes
    • 6) Monthly achievement meals and annual company social events
    • 7) Annual Leave starting at 28 days, increasing with length of service to 34 days*
    • 8) Enhanced family leave policies*

    (*Please note, some benefits require minimum service length)

  • All positions at KEYENCE are compensated with a base salary, location allowance and a variable compensation target - which is based on your individual and company performance.

    We incentivise individual contribution and therefore each employee has the ability to increase their bonus pay out if they are outperforming their peers.

    Your base salary is paid and location allowance is paid to you monthly and your bonus is paid out on a quarterly basis.

  • In general the recruitment process is pretty similar for most HQ roles. Each recruiting process is designed to determine if you have the potential to succeed in our culture and for the job in which you are applying. If there are any skills that are necessary to perform well in the position, we may administer a skills assessment as a part of the process.

  • KEYENCE offers an excellent benefits package in addition to our market-leading compensation. Our benefits package includes:

    • 1) Location allowance in addition to base salary and bonus
    • 2) Private Health Cover*
    • 3) Life Assurance and Critical Illness Cover*
    • 4) Fully expensed accommodation and travel for business purposes
    • 5) Monthly achievement meals and annual company social events
    • 6) Annual Leave starting at 28 days, increasing with length of service to 34 days*
    • 7) Enhanced family leave policies*

    (*Please note, some benefits require minimum service length)


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