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Work productivity is a problem that needs to be considered by companies because it can affect the quality and quantity of the company in the face of competition and is the main key in achieving company goals. The purpose of this study is to determine the level of work productivity in employees of the packaging unit of PT X Semarang which is measured using six indicators of work productivity. This type of research is a descriptive analysis with a cross sectional  research design.The research sample was determined to be 188 packaging employees of PT X Semarang which was taken using purposive sampling. The instrument used is a structured questionnaire with data analysis carried out, namely a descriptive analysis test. The results of this study show that work productivity is in the good category as measured based on six work productivity indicators, including: ability indicators, indicators of improvement of achieved results, work morale indicators, self-development indicators, quality indicators, and efficiency indicators.

CV. XYZ is a company that works in the service sector and produces sports gloves (golf, equestrian, etc.). From production data, the number of requests for gloves increased greatly in June-October, the number of requests was above 5000. Workers felt tired due to age, level of pattern difficulty, type of glove material and age of machines so that many employees experienced fatigue which resulted in a decrease in work productivity. The aim of this research is to find out how high or large the mental load faced by workers at CV. Cahaya Setia Mulia using the NASA-TLX method. In this research, the population is the tailors at CV. XYZ, totaling 16 people. Based on the research results obtained, of the 16 respondents there were 9 respondents in the very high category, 2 respondents in the high category, and 4 respondents in the somewhat high category. And of the 6 NASA-TLX indicators, the highest indicator is Physical Demands (PD) of 76.0 and the lowest is the Frustration (FR) indicator of 58.7. Proposed improvements include adding 5 tailors to the workforce of 5 tailors, 2 madome tailors, 1 zigzag tailor or increasing rest time to 1 hour and reducing working hours on Saturdays to 5 hours.