The study "The impact of communication on employee peiformance" was conducted to determine the relationship between conununication and employee performance in Barclays Bank, Tanzania. The study sought to determine objectively; to establish the relationship between conununication and performance of employees in Barclays Bank, Tanzania, to examine the effect of conununication on performance in Barclays Bank, Tanzania, to fmd out what forms of conununication are used in Barclays Bank, Tanzania. The literature review was conducted with the aim of establishing and shading more light on the issues about communication in relation to the employee performance of Barclays Bank. It explained the conununication process adopted by Barclays Bank and the importance of the process. The researcher collected the necessary information using questionnaire and interview methods of data collection. The data was tabulated and then analyzed in order to draw inference from the data collected. The information collected from the respondents through questionnaires and interview guide questions were used in order to answer the objectives of the study.