BESIEGED BY BUREAUCRATIC ALIENS

Several times each year, our small California company that fluctuates between 100 to 110 employees is besieged by bureaucratic aliens.  They show up unannounced, flash us their badges after beaming down from their mother ship, and then expect us to give them our immediate, unadulterated attention as if our lives revolved around them.  This year alone we have had to entertain CAL-OSHA, the Dept. of Weights and Measures, the Board of Equalization, various sheriffs and law enforcement agents, and mandatory worker's comp auditors.  Then there are mandatory reports that come unsolicited in the mail and must be completed, typically in 15 to 30 days; the Multiple Worksite Report every quarter; DOL time clock punch record audits; UI audits; nosy creditors and student loan repos; garnishments; the Form 5500 for the DOL; top-heavy testing for 401K; and the more uncommon but regularly occurring U.S. Census. I'm just getting started.