This article on work life balance literature review is focused on identifying and analyzing what all the factors are directly and indirectly affecting the performance of the employees in their work place. There is a greater need to know about the performance of an employee because of the competition increasing in the market. In olden days as there was no much education awareness, growth in number of organization was found. But because of vast growth in todays science and technology, education, awareness in market etc are making the human beings to increase their performance. It has received greater importance to have good understanding in society and fulfilling the needs and wants of employees and further for the growth of the organization also. This literature review found other various conditions like turnover, absenteeism, stress, job satisfaction, career growth, competitive market etc. As of in todays society more number of deaths, suicide, illness, unhappy were found more in present working employees. When an attempt has made to know why these greater changes are taking place then it found various parameters. This article is prepared on collecting secondary sources data like books, journals, research articles, magazines, newspaper which were shown as references in the last.