ISSN: 2349-5677 Volume 1, Issue 11, April 2015 27 A Study of Impact of Work Stress on Job Satisfaction of Employees Working in Indian Banking Sector Dr. Jyoti Vyas Bajpai Dean at Sri Aurobindo Institute of Management and Science, Indore Dr. Trupti Vyas Dave Associate Professor at IPER Institute of Management, Bhopal Mr. Siddharth Bajpai Principal Founder and Corporate Trainer & Consultant at “MINDSYNERGIES”.He is also an adjunct faculty in many Management Institutes of repute, Indore Abstract The economic recession of 2010 has been perhaps the biggest nightmare for many business organizations world over. There are many ways in which the recession has left its ugly scar on enterprises that are still struggling to regain their lost glory or some to barely make it through. Organizations are made of people, people who are humans, who get hurt the most when the organization is in trouble.Differrent organizations have tried to find out different ways to combat with the scenario. A few have even succeeded in doing so. But all this has come with a price. The price of downsizing, resulting in work overload, where terms like job security,promotions,increments,job satisfaction, career planning etc have become the corporate dinosaurs terms. Rendering them totally irrelevant. In such times, it becomes pertinent to actually understand the level of work stress and job satisfaction. Key words: Work Stress, Job satisfaction, Banking sector. Introduction Post nationalization followed by the massive privatization of Indian Banks we have witnessed a boom in banking and financial sector. Recent economic surveys also predict that banking sector will offer the maximum job opportunities to young graduates. With this entire upswing in the sector the field has become quite competitive. Although it seems that banking is among most favored choice of young recruits there have been growing evidence that the demands of a rising sector job also translates into job stress. Banking sector does provide the most popular job in the private and public sector in terms of job security. But due to overbearing pressure and the stress the level of job satisfaction is not as high as expected.