'Happy Amazon Employee' | SNL sketch nails Amazon over worker wellbeing

Amazon has been trolled in a Saturday Night Live sketch which highlighted the gruelling conditions reportedly faced by employees on Prime Day.

In the skit, cast member Ego Nwodim plays an exhausted Amazon worker who described working so much she had to invent a new day called “Fluesday,” because of the relentlessness of the job.

Her character Monica, jokes about ordering a delivery to her own home just to catch a glimpse of her kids, underscoring a lack of work-life balance that is emblematic of recent criticisms faced by the retail giant.

The SNL segment aired amid ongoing controversies surrounding Amazon's labor practices. The company has faced scrutiny over allegations of difficult working conditions, particularly in its warehouses.