diff --git a/comrade-macro/src/lib.rs b/comrade-macro/src/lib.rs
index ac7cb87..654d81d 100644
--- a/comrade-macro/src/lib.rs
+++ b/comrade-macro/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ use syn::{FnArg, Ident, ItemFn, Pat, ReturnType, Type, parse_macro_input};
 /// - `fn_init_union_scoped(ServiceManager) -> ServiceManager` - Register worker threads and work in a union using Valkey and return a scoped struct.
 /// - `fn_register_union()` - Register the worker in a union setup without starting local worker threads.
 ///
+/// # Notes
+/// Keep in mind that `return` statements are not allowed in a worker function. The return values must be explicitly at the end of the function as an expression.
+///
 /// # Examples
 /// ```ignore
 /// use comrade::worker;
@@ -128,7 +131,7 @@ pub fn worker(attr: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
             }
         }
 
-        fn #wrapper_fn(task: JobOrder<comrade::serde_json::Value, comrade::serde_json::Value>) {
+        fn #wrapper_fn(task: comrade::job::JobOrder<comrade::serde_json::Value, comrade::serde_json::Value>) {
             let i = task.param.clone();
 
             // Deserialize the parameter into the function's expected types
@@ -173,14 +176,14 @@ pub fn worker(attr: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
         }
 
         #[doc = "Initialize a worker thread on `ServiceManager`"]
-        pub fn #init_fn(sm: ServiceManager) -> ServiceManager {
+        pub fn #init_fn(sm: comrade::service::ServiceManager) -> comrade::service::ServiceManager {
             let mut dispatchers = Vec::new();
             let mut s = sm;
 
             log::info!("Initializing worker {} with {} threads", stringify!(#worker_fn), #worker_count);
 
             for i in 0..#worker_count {
-                let (dispatch, recv): (JobDispatcher<_, _>, Receiver<JobOrder<_, _>>) = JobDispatcher::new();
+                let (dispatch, recv): (comrade::job::JobDispatcher<_, _>, comrade::crossbeam::channel::Receiver<comrade::job::JobOrder<_, _>>) = comrade::job::JobDispatcher::new();
 
                 s = s.register(
                         &format!("{}_{i}", stringify!(#worker_fn)),
@@ -211,7 +214,7 @@ pub fn worker(attr: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
         }
 
         #[doc = "Initialize worker threads on `ServiceManager` with Valkey backend"]
-        pub fn #init_fn_union(sm: ServiceManager) -> ServiceManager {
+        pub fn #init_fn_union(sm: comrade::service::ServiceManager) -> comrade::service::ServiceManager {
             let mut dispatchers = Vec::new();
             let mut s = sm;
 
@@ -254,13 +257,13 @@ pub fn worker(attr: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
         }
 
         #[doc = "Initialize a worker thread on `ServiceManager` on a scoped lifetime"]
-        pub fn #init_fn_scoped(sm: ServiceManager) -> (ServiceManager, #fn_scope_struct) {
+        pub fn #init_fn_scoped(sm: comrade::service::ServiceManager) -> (comrade::service::ServiceManager, #fn_scope_struct) {
             let sm = #init_fn(sm);
             (sm, #fn_scope_struct {})
         }
 
         #[doc = "Initialize a worker union on `ServiceManager` on a scoped lifetime"]
-        pub fn #init_fn_scoped_union(sm: ServiceManager) -> (ServiceManager, #fn_scope_struct) {
+        pub fn #init_fn_scoped_union(sm: comrade::service::ServiceManager) -> (comrade::service::ServiceManager, #fn_scope_struct) {
             let sm = #init_fn_union(sm);
             (sm, #fn_scope_struct {})
         }
diff --git a/examples/pending.rs b/examples/pending.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29c3353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/pending.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use comrade::{job::LabelPendingTaskIterator, service::ServiceManager, worker};
+
+#[worker(5)]
+pub fn wait_work(i: u64) -> u64 {
+    std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(i));
+    i
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let mut s = ServiceManager::new().mode(comrade::service::ServiceMode::Decay);
+    s = wait_work_init(s);
+
+    let s = s.spawn();
+
+    let mut pending = Vec::new();
+
+    for i in 0..5 {
+        pending.push((i, wait_work_async(rand::random_range(0..5))));
+    }
+
+    for (res, label) in LabelPendingTaskIterator(pending) {
+        println!("Got value back {res:?} for {label:?}");
+    }
+
+    wait_work_shutdown();
+
+    s.join().unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/src/job.rs b/src/job.rs
index 3f3f12c..8c56621 100644
--- a/src/job.rs
+++ b/src/job.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crossbeam::channel::{Receiver, Sender};
 use rand::Rng;
 use redis::{Commands, RedisResult};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use std::sync::mpsc;
+use std::{sync::mpsc, time::Duration};
 
 pub enum TaskReceiverBackend<I, O> {
     Local(Receiver<JobOrder<I, O>>),
@@ -55,6 +55,24 @@ impl<O: for<'a> Deserialize<'a>> ValkeyTopicSubscriber<O> {
             Err(_) => None,
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn recv_timeout(&self, timeout: std::time::Duration) -> Option<O> {
+        let mut con = self
+            .client
+            .get_connection()
+            .expect("Failed to connect to Redis");
+
+        let result: RedisResult<Vec<String>> = con.blpop(&self.topic, timeout.as_secs_f64());
+
+        match result {
+            Ok(msg) => {
+                let msg = msg.iter().nth(1).unwrap();
+
+                Some(serde_json::from_str(&msg).unwrap())
+            }
+            Err(_) => None,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -200,6 +218,17 @@ impl<O: for<'a> Deserialize<'a>> ReceiverBackend<O> {
             ReceiverBackend::Valkey(valkey) => valkey.recv(),
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn recv_timeout(&self) -> Option<O> {
+        match self {
+            ReceiverBackend::Local(receiver) => {
+                receiver.recv_timeout(Duration::from_millis(300)).ok()
+            }
+            ReceiverBackend::Valkey(valkey_topic_subscriber) => {
+                valkey_topic_subscriber.recv_timeout(Duration::from_millis(300))
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 pub struct JobResult<O>(ReceiverBackend<O>);
@@ -213,6 +242,10 @@ impl<O: for<'a> Deserialize<'a>> JobResult<O> {
     pub fn wait_try(self) -> Option<O> {
         self.0.recv()
     }
+
+    pub fn wait_timeout(&self) -> Option<O> {
+        self.0.recv_timeout()
+    }
 }
 
 impl<I: Send + 'static, O: Send + 'static> JobDispatcher<I, O> {
@@ -386,3 +419,94 @@ impl<
         }
     }
 }
+
+/// Iterator which returns ready results from a `Vec<JobResult<O>>.
+///
+/// This Iterator waits for each `JobResult<O>` with a timeout and yields a result once it finds one finished `JobResult<O>`.
+///
+/// # Example
+/// ```ignore
+/// // Started Tasks which are pending
+/// let pending_tasks = vec![...];
+///
+/// for task in pending_tasks {
+///     // blocks and waits for the first `JobResult<_>` even though the next ones in the `Vec<_>` could be finished and processed already.
+///     let result = task.wait();
+///     // ...
+/// }
+///
+/// // With the Iterator
+///
+/// for value in PendingTaskIterator(pending_tasks) {
+///     // You can immidiatelly start processing the first finished result
+///     // ...
+/// }
+/// ```
+pub struct PendingTaskIterator<O>(pub Vec<JobResult<O>>);
+
+impl<O: for<'a> Deserialize<'a>> Iterator for PendingTaskIterator<O> {
+    type Item = O;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        if self.0.is_empty() {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        loop {
+            for (i, task) in self.0.iter().enumerate() {
+                if let Some(res) = task.wait_timeout() {
+                    self.0.remove(i);
+                    return Some(res);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Iterator which returns ready results from a `Vec<JobResult<O>> along with a label.
+///
+/// Compared to a normal `PendingTaskIterator<O>` this Iterator takes a `Vec<(L, JobResult<I, O>)>`.
+/// You can use the variable `L` for an associated label to correlate results to their origins.
+///
+/// This Iterator waits for each `JobResult<O>` with a timeout and yields a result once it finds one finished `JobResult<O>`.
+///
+/// # Example
+/// ```ignore
+/// // Started Tasks which are pending
+/// let pending_tasks = vec![...];
+///
+/// for task in pending_tasks {
+///     // blocks and waits for the first `JobResult<_>` even though the next ones in the `Vec<_>` could be finished and processed already.
+///     let result = task.wait();
+///     // ...
+/// }
+///
+/// // With the Iterator
+///
+/// for value in LabelPendingTaskIterator(pending_tasks) {
+///     // You can immidiatelly start processing the first finished result
+///     // ...
+/// }
+/// ```
+pub struct LabelPendingTaskIterator<L, O>(pub Vec<(L, JobResult<O>)>);
+
+impl<L: Clone, O: for<'a> Deserialize<'a>> Iterator for LabelPendingTaskIterator<L, O> {
+    type Item = (L, O);
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        if self.0.is_empty() {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        loop {
+            for (i, task) in self.0.iter().enumerate() {
+                let result = &task.1;
+                let label = task.0.clone();
+                if let Some(res) = result.wait_timeout() {
+                    self.0.remove(i);
+                    return Some((label, res));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e3bb108..c3abd0c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,23 @@ use std::{sync::mpsc, thread, time::Instant};
 pub mod job;
 pub mod service;
 pub use comrade_macro::worker;
+pub use crossbeam;
 use dashmap::DashMap;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 pub use serde_json;
 
 // TODO : worker docs + refactor
 
+// TODO : functions which can be stopped, paused, etc
+/*
+Example:
+
+let myf = Function::new(|| do_something());
+
+// stop fn
+myf.stop();
+*/
+
 pub static UNION: Lazy<
     DashMap<&'static str, job::JobMultiplexer<serde_json::Value, serde_json::Value>>,
 > = Lazy::new(DashMap::new);
@@ -43,6 +54,7 @@ where
     let (fastest_item, fastest_result, elapsed) = rx.recv().unwrap();
 
     for handle in handles {
+        // todo : threads do not get killed here
         handle.thread().unpark();
     }