Thought on boutique ER firms?

Currently looking into going into ER and have been interviewing at a couple places, one of which is a firm with <50 people. I havent been able to find anything about them on WSO but some of their analysts seem to have had good exits. What do you guys think of working at a smaller place with less name recognition? Any tips on getting more info as to how good they might be?

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