ABSTRACT: Employee performance is the result of work in quantity and quality achieved by an employee in carrying out tasks in accordance with the responsibilities that have been given. The purpose of this study is to find out the influence of work motivation on employee performance with job satisfaction as a mediation variable in Freestyle Garment Denpasar. This study was conducted at Freestyle Garment Denpasar, the number of samples taken as many as 37 employees as respondents to Freestyle Garment Denpasar, with nonprobability sampling method with saturated sampling techniques. Data collection is conducted through interviews and questionnaires. The analysis techniques used in this study are descriptive analysis techniques, path analysis, hypothesis testing and sobel testing. Based on the results of the analysis found that work motivation has a positive and significant effect on employee performance. Work motivation has a positive and significant effect on job satisfaction. Satisfaction has a positive and significant effect on employee performance. Job satisfaction as a mediation influences work motivation on employee performance at Freestyle Garment Denpasar
Keywords -Work motivation, employee performance, job satisfaction