job.rb

class Job
  
  def self.perform_with_newrelic(*args)
    NewRelic::Control.instance['forked_job'] = true
    perform(*args)
    NewRelic::Agent.shutdown
  end
    
end

newrelic.rb

module NewRelic
  module Agent
    class Agent
      
      def ensure_worker_thread_started
        return unless control.agent_enabled? && control.monitor_mode? && !@invalid_license
        if !running? && !control['forked_job']
          # We got some reports of threading errors in Unicorn with this.
          log.debug "Detected that the worker loop is not running.  Restarting." rescue nil
          # Assume we've been forked, clear out stats that are left over from parent process
          reset_stats
          launch_worker_thread
          @stats_engine.spawn_sampler_thread
        end
        
      end
    end
  end
end

module Resque
  class Job    
    def perform
      args ? payload_class.perform_with_newrelic(*args) : payload_class.perform_with_newrelic
    end
  end
end

Resque.after_fork do |job|
  ActiveRecord::Base.connection.reconnect!
end

resque.rake

task "resque:setup" => :environment do
  NewRelic::Agent.manual_start :app_name => 'fc-staging'#ENV['APP_NAME']
end

desc "Alias for resque:work (To run workers on Heroku)"
task "jobs:work" => "resque:work"