Pros
The downtown Madison office location is great, especially in warm weather. The rank and file workers at Sonic Foundry are good people, and good coworkers.
Cons
It's a good place to work if you're a white male. Hardly any non-white employees, and it seems to have a problem with women in positions of authority. During its latest round of layoffs in the fall of 2020, 2 female VP's with years of seniority left the company. Female CFO also just resigned. New CEO is from DeVry University, a for-profit organization with a reputation for predatory lending practices and targeting veterans and low-income students. (I am not allowed to include an HTML link, but please read CNN story "DeVry will refund $100 million to students to settle FTC lawsuit") Company is trapped in a cycle of decline, retrenchment (attrition, layoffs, benefit suspension), and only brief periods of turnaround. No sustained growth. (This is a publicly traded company, so their financial performance is public record). Middle management practices Kiss Up, Kick Down management. They are only there to carry out executive decisions. They're unwilling or unable to address the concerns of individual contributors or protect their team's jobs. The company is shrinking, not growing, so there is no room for advancement unless someone quits, and they absolutely have to fill the position. Attrition is the norm - if they can get by without filling a job, they will, and the workload is spread among the remaining team.