This exploratory study examined the productivity of employees and effect of positive self- efficacy on productivity. Self-efficacy is measured here in terms of the concepts of presenteeism and absenteeism. Self-efficacy was examined as a positive psychological construct and was compared to the negative impact of presenters and absenteeism. This paper utilized a cross sectional questionnaire to conduct purposive sampling on 20 employees from manufacturing and service sectors in the state of west Bengal. The anonymous questionnaire contained eighteen close ended questions to avoid subjective error. Analysis wasconducted on these data as a pilot study to check the reliability of the questionnaire using Cronbachs Alpha.