Update 1:
This is the case in Linux Mint Debian edition version. In Debian Wheezy it seems to be working fine. Size and position are remembered and also if notes is hidden or onscreen after boot. I did not check the last item but it is on screen in Debian and not in LMDE after boot.

Some system info:
$ cat /etc/debian_version
jessie/sid

$ cat /etc/issue
Linux Mint Xfce Edition \n \l

Update 2:
The always on top feature does not work in Linux Mint Debian Edition. It can not be turned off.

ACKed on version 1.8.1 on Arch Linux / xfce4:
In my setup with two groups and 13 + 5 notes in each,
I always get the first group with a very small (default) window open
with it's sticky bit set. No matter how I move the notes window, set
the sticky flag, and close/restart the xfce4 session.
Notes always pops up with a small sticky window.

Side note: I am working in a dual-screen configuration.
However it doesn't seem to be related to that.

This seems to be related to Bug 8586

I am on 

    Scientific Linux 7.1
    Xfce 4.10
    xfce4-notes-plugin-1.8.0-1.el7.x86_64

When  shutdown and reboot I get all three on my stickies open.  The one I want open, which was open when I shut down, it minimized.  The two that were closed open up.  On the one that I wanted open, it goes to the last tab (I shut it down on the first tab).

This is a regress over Scientific Linux 6.7, which was on 

    xfce4-notes-plugin-1.7.7-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

Anyone with this issue, the following fixed the problem for me whilst we wait for 1.8 to get fixed:

# yum downgrade xfce4-notes-plugin-1.7.7-8.el7.x86_64.rpm

+1

xfce 4.10 and 4.12

If you roll the mouse roller too fast, it rotates through your open windows, meaning you wind up on a different program than the one you were trying to scroll through.  This is so   O-B-N-O-X-I-O-U-S   I can begin to describe.  Please fix.

Many thanks,
-T

(In reply to Todd from comment #8)
> xfce 4.10 and 4.12
> 
> If you roll the mouse roller too fast, it rotates through your open windows,
> meaning you wind up on a different program than the one you were trying to
> scroll through.  This is so   O-B-N-O-X-I-O-U-S   I can begin to describe. 
> Please fix.
> 
> Many thanks,
> -T


Please ignore.  That was suppose to be a new bug, not attached to this one.  (New bug is 12516.)

I am experiencing a similar problem using Xubuntu 16.04 with XFCE 4.12.2 and Notes plugin 1.8.1:
Everytime I log-in notes appear with default size in the middle of the Screen with "sticky" set. Very annoying - please fix.

I'm experiencing a similar problem with Xfce Notes 1.8.1 (included within xfce-goodies) in XFCE 4.12 on Arch (Linux 4.10-9). One window does seem to remember its position, but the rest of my groups show up at the default spot.

Same here, notes opened automatically at startup / login in a small window at (one of the) screen center. After closing it, everything works fine, the editor opens on request at the last saved place and with last saved dimensions (as recorded under ~/.config/xfce4/panel/xfce4-notes-plugin-24.rc).

XUbuntu 18.04.5 (bionic) 64-bits, Xfce 4.12.2.

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