Stress from work has become a topic of discussion now a daysbecause it directly influences the performance of a person in an organization. Excessive stress levels among the workforce leads to poor job performance and low levels of organization commitment. Employees need certain kind of motivation to overcome the challenges of their stress level. This paper delves into identifying crucial factors contributing to job stress and its impact on the job performance of employees in AXIS & HDFC Bank. Some common sources of job stress faced by employees include excessive workload, uncertainty about job security, and conflicting job responsibilities.. In this paper, the major factors that are responsible for stress are - high work load, Multiple tasks, low salary, loyalty, low support and long working hours. Out of these factors, this paper investigates the impact of high work load, Multiple tasks, low salary, loyalty on the job stress. Thus, this paper attempts to bring out the mitigating strategies that can be implemented by the employee as well as the employer to overcome their job stress level. The data was collected through the Questionnaire Survey and was analysed using Independent-Sample T Test. With Convenience Sampling design.the result of the study showed that AXIS bank is less affected than HDFC bank related to the job stress.

job stress, job performance, work load, organisational commitment.