I find it amazing that anyone would feel a need to explain or defend their working arrangements and relationship with their employer to a group who, for whatever reason, feels it is their business to know, question, comment and pass judgement on what is in fact none of their business.
Considering that included amongst the posters on this thread are pax, CC professionals and shareholders/clients then, in my opinion, it is their business. Far from amazing it seems quite normal to me.