PermitFlow reviews

4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(63 total reviews)

Francis Thumpasery

86% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

PermitFlow has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 63 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PermitFlow employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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63 reviews
1.0
Apr 4, 2025

Built for robots not humans

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Pros

Ability to work remote and friends out of the journey

Cons

If you like being micromanaged, ignored, and treated like a cog in a machine, PermitFlow might be your dream job. The culture is painfully rigid everything runs top-down, and “thinking for yourself” is basically frowned upon. Playbooks rule everything, and deviating from them (even if it would make things better) is a one-way ticket to being sidelined. There’s zero interest in feedback or actual collaboration. Leadership hands down processes from their bubble, with no clue how things actually work on the ground. After a while, the work just becomes robotic—and that’s kind of the point. You’re not here to think. You’re here to follow instructions. And yes, it really does feel like you’re being watched like some kind of test subject in a lab. They track everything, obsess over the tiniest details, and act like optimizing every second of your day is more important than trusting you to do good work.

5.0
Apr 2, 2025

Great Mission, Fast-Paced Startup Culture

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Incredible opportunity to work in a high-growth, high-impact space (construction tech & permitting is a niche but valuable industry). Smart, driven team with a strong emphasis on ownership and autonomy. Lots of visibility—your work has a direct impact on customers and company direction.

Cons

As with most startups, work-life balance can be tricky—fast pace and tight deadlines. Some processes are still being figured out as the company scales but tries to remain nimble.

2.0
Mar 30, 2025

Brutal

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Pros

I guess maybe opportunity? But insanity at leadership level caps that. You’ll be overlooked, judged, scolded, and misunderstood at every turn.

Cons

Very sales-negative. Animosity towards sales. PermitFlow overanalyzes everything into a pulp and shoots themselves in the foot. Leadership will kill your deals, and then ask you why you aren’t closing deals.

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