Globalization and severe competition to survive in the global market is pressuring the Information Technology (IT) organizations to strive for strong foothold in the arena .The success of any organization is determined by the performance of its employees ,thus the organizations pressurize employees to perform better ,increase their productivity and contribute for the organizational growth. There are various factors which influence the performance of employees. Hence this paper focuses on the influential factors of employee performance, relevance of these factors in the Information Technology industry, considering few of the selected IT companies.