Key Technology Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Key Technology as an intern for less than a year

Pros – friendly and positive work culture

Cons – a bit old fashioned office environment

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Key Technology

Pros – Met some great people. Truly great peeps.

Cons – If the company needs money - you will get an automatic furlough with no regrets. This company is based on agricultural seasonal shifts. It's boom or bust. They have no problem laying you off for months when sales are slow. Job security for upper management - maybe. Maybe not. Very competitive industry - they play hard ball.

Advice to Senior Management – None

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Key Technology full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Long history in the industry and community.

Cons – Serious lack of focus by the management team. Very short-term focus on the bottom line, leading to cancelled development projects, dropped products, and divesting successful business. Losing the confidence of their established customer base.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop with the knee-jerk responses and FOCUS! You've got millions in the bank. Get serious about developing the next generation of products, and invest some of that into that and the future of the company. Yes, it will cost some in the short-term, but without doing so the downward spiral will continue as the competition continues to innovate.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Key Technology

Pros – The best reasons to work for Key Technology is the fact that Key is established in the community and has a legacy for providing work for employees.

Cons – The downsides for working at Key technology mainly consist of being that Key is a publicly traded company, there seems to be more of a concern to please the stock holders than to be focused on really outstanding products. Not saying the products are bad, just that they could be better.

Advice to Senior Management – I would like to see Key return to a more family like environment all of the time, not just when Key is bringing in lots of revenue.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Key Technology

Pros – High-tech company in a rural setting. The company has a strong history, and has done some impressive things. It still has a bright future with the right leadership.

Cons – Current Sr. staff lacks long-term commitment to the company. They seem focused on short-term, artificial gains to enhance their own bonuses. With a change in leadership, this could be a great place to work again.

Advice to Senior Management – Look beyond the end of the quarter for the greatest rewards.

Current Employee – been working at Key Technology

Pros – I feel that Key is very supportive of employees and their families. Their benefits package is very well rounded. Key employees are very frienly and great to work with.

Cons – I know that must employees would agree that salary increases are a sore subject at Key, however Key does try to reward employees in other ways in the meantime.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend