diff --git a/lib/Resque/Job.php b/lib/Resque/Job.php
index ddc37d04..722a66e0 100755
--- a/lib/Resque/Job.php
+++ b/lib/Resque/Job.php
@@ -112,14 +112,14 @@ public static function reserveBlocking(array $queues, $timeout = null)
 	 *
 	 * @param int $status Status constant from Resque_Job_Status indicating the current status of a job.
 	 */
-	public function updateStatus($status)
+	public function updateStatus($status, $result = "")
 	{
 		if(empty($this->payload['id'])) {
 			return;
 		}
 
 		$statusInstance = new Resque_Job_Status($this->payload['id']);
-		$statusInstance->update($status);
+		$statusInstance->update($status, $result);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ public function getInstance()
 	 */
 	public function perform()
 	{
+		$result = true;
 		$instance = $this->getInstance();
 		try {
 			Resque_Event::trigger('beforePerform', $this);
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ public function perform()
 				$instance->setUp();
 			}
 
-			$instance->perform();
+			$result = $instance->perform();
 
 			if(method_exists($instance, 'tearDown')) {
 				$instance->tearDown();
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ public function perform()
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		return true;
+		return $result;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/lib/Resque/Job/Status.php b/lib/Resque/Job/Status.php
index ffa351ba..4fc54551 100644
--- a/lib/Resque/Job/Status.php
+++ b/lib/Resque/Job/Status.php
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public function isTracking()
 	 *
 	 * @param int The status of the job (see constants in Resque_Job_Status)
 	 */
-	public function update($status)
+	public function update($status, $result = "")
 	{
 		if(!$this->isTracking()) {
 			return;
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ public function update($status)
 		$statusPacket = array(
 			'status' => $status,
 			'updated' => time(),
+			'result' => $result
 		);
 		Resque::redis()->set((string)$this, json_encode($statusPacket));
 
@@ -122,6 +123,40 @@ public function get()
 		return $statusPacket['status'];
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Fetch the result of the job being monitored.
+	 *
+	 * @return mixed False if the job is not being monitored, otherwise the result as
+	 * 	as mixed
+	 */
+	public function getResult()
+	{
+		if(!$this->isTracking()) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$statusPacket = json_decode(Resque::redis()->get((string)$this), true);
+		if(!$statusPacket) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return $statusPacket['result'];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Delete the job monitoring from the queue
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean/int
+	 */
+	public function del()
+	{
+		if(!$this->isTracking()) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return Resque::redis()->del((string)$this);
+	}    
+    
 	/**
 	 * Stop tracking the status of a job.
 	 */
diff --git a/lib/Resque/Worker.php b/lib/Resque/Worker.php
index d94aef54..88d099c9 100644
--- a/lib/Resque/Worker.php
+++ b/lib/Resque/Worker.php
@@ -236,9 +236,10 @@ public function work($interval = Resque::DEFAULT_INTERVAL, $blocking = false)
 	 */
 	public function perform(Resque_Job $job)
 	{
+		$result = "";
 		try {
 			Resque_Event::trigger('afterFork', $job);
-			$job->perform();
+			$result = $job->perform();
 		}
 		catch(Exception $e) {
 			$this->logger->log(Psr\Log\LogLevel::CRITICAL, '{job} has failed {stack}', array('job' => $job, 'stack' => $e->getMessage()));
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ public function perform(Resque_Job $job)
 			return;
 		}
 
-		$job->updateStatus(Resque_Job_Status::STATUS_COMPLETE);
+		$job->updateStatus(Resque_Job_Status::STATUS_COMPLETE, $result);
 		$this->logger->log(Psr\Log\LogLevel::NOTICE, '{job} has finished', array('job' => $job));
 	}