Keyence is terrible. You will feel miserable after 2 years and quit. - Recensione dipendente - Sales Engineer presso Keyence

What exactly makes me miserable at Keyence? 
First of all its ranking on curves. It does not matter how good of a job you do at keyence if its not better then everyone else’s then you about to be talked to about how you can improve. This creates an environment where I feel like a constant failure, unable to achieve work to be proud of as the goal posts are constantly shifting from factors I can’t control but am gaslit into thinking that I can. Good work is good work and should be recognized as such independent from co workers. If this was the system, quality good work that is matched to the needs of the workers environment will be constantly rewarded and reinforced while culture of being happy for you coworkers achievements, further reinforcing the loop that keeps someone motivated to stick with their job and do it well, will be created and aided on a system level. Second, I don’t feel safe expressing my concerns to anyone. This one is more subtle and took me longer to figure out as everyone is fairly nice and polite at keyence. I have never been yelled or anything of that nature and that is typically what I would associate with a lack of safety in expressing opinion. However the subtle quite ways that keyence destroys this is by the silent invalidation and gaslighting present wether explicitly done by someone with bad intent (which I doubt) or by accident, a function of deep seeded culture that anyone that sticks around gets numb too and perpetuates with out them realizing why. For example “I have this concern, And this seems pretty obviously bad to me and easy to fix…am I odd one out here?” *everyone blinks, looks silently uncomfortable “Maybe we will talk about this later” And from their I end up feeling immensely insecure, alienated and very confused at what was wrong, with zero resolution. I, and any one that voices a concern needs to be listened to with the assumption that what they are thinking and feeling is valid and that they are smart professionals that are suggesting this because they want to do what’s best and strive for the highest possible standard. If I was really the wrong, odd one out, then keyence wouldn’t have the turn over rate that it does. The gaslighting and silent, hard to perceive and describe lack of safety in the work place is killing its employees. And no, this is not just what the professional world is like so we should all accept it and move on. Keyence has a problem, there are definite ways to fix it, and they need to address it. Other examples of invaliding statements that make me feel confused, unheard and put down: “Well that’s sales, what did you expect” when it isn’t and there are many many ways to manage a sales force. “Well keyence is a data driven company so you’ve got to do this complete redundant thing that is putting unduly burden on you” When it is completely valid to access and determine if a certain data point or recording prerogative is actually necessary and how it is effecting the work flow of employees” “Well this is an objective measurement, so we can’t argue with it” when data points are frequently misused, misinterpreted or manipulated. We all know that there is no such thing as an objective measurement with a job that requires such high levels of dynamic actions. Third, and associated with the way employees are ranked is the way that they are then held accountable. Every single data point is the end of the world if you don’t excel on it. This would be reasonable if performance metrics were contained to a few key, fundamental that really are bad if left unchecked. At keyence there is can be 20+ metrics and each one they make you feel has the highest stakes in the world if not done right when really all but maybe 3 of them are important in the slightest. Accountability is a wonderful tool that I believe in as a core tenant of Managment; but for every point that someone must account for it brings with it a toll of anxiety, time and a chance to have a gross misunderstanding. Things that a manager or system should hold a person accountable for need to be chosen with extreme care and thought. keyence does not do that and it is burning out their employees weather they can put words to what they are feeling and why or not. Other places have better work cultures and will pay me twice as much. I will be quitting keyence. I implore anyone from keyence that reads this not to immediately invalidate my opinion and desire to leave “because I just couldn’t hack it” or “well, this other place will pay you twice as much so of course you are going to leave.” I am leaving because Keyence sucks to work for, because they make me miserable, and its their fault.