diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/esqueue/__tests__/worker.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/esqueue/__tests__/worker.js
index 1b604ebe50aa0..2c516ff77e748 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/esqueue/__tests__/worker.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/esqueue/__tests__/worker.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import moment from 'moment';
 import { noop, random, get, find, identity } from 'lodash';
 import { ClientMock } from './fixtures/elasticsearch';
 import { QueueMock } from './fixtures/queue';
-import { Worker } from '../worker';
+import { formatJobObject, getUpdatedDocPath, Worker } from '../worker';
 import { constants } from '../constants';
 
 const anchor = '2016-04-02T01:02:03.456'; // saturday
@@ -1061,3 +1061,34 @@ describe('Worker class', function () {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe('Format Job Object', () => {
+  it('pulls index and ID', function () {
+    const jobMock = {
+      _index: 'foo',
+      _id: 'booId',
+    };
+    expect(formatJobObject(jobMock)).eql({
+      index: 'foo',
+      id: 'booId',
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('Get Doc Path from ES Response', () => {
+  it('returns a formatted string after response of an update', function () {
+    const responseMock = {
+      _index: 'foo',
+      _type: '_doc',
+      _id: 'booId',
+    };
+    expect(getUpdatedDocPath(responseMock)).equal('/foo/_doc/booId');
+  });
+  it('returns the same formatted string even if there is no _doc provided', function () {
+    const responseMock = {
+      _index: 'foo',
+      _id: 'booId',
+    };
+    expect(getUpdatedDocPath(responseMock)).equal('/foo/_doc/booId');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/esqueue/worker.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/esqueue/worker.js
index 826704aee989d..0e2f681f9b418 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/esqueue/worker.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/esqueue/worker.js
@@ -14,13 +14,18 @@ import { Poller } from '../../../../../common/poller';
 
 const puid = new Puid();
 
-function formatJobObject(job) {
+export function formatJobObject(job) {
   return {
     index: job._index,
     id: job._id,
   };
 }
 
+export function getUpdatedDocPath(response) {
+  const { _index: ind, _type: type = '_doc', _id: id } = response;
+  return `/${ind}/${type}/${id}`;
+}
+
 const MAX_PARTIAL_ERROR_LENGTH = 1000; // 1000 of beginning, 1000 of end
 const ERROR_PARTIAL_SEPARATOR = '...';
 const MAX_ERROR_LENGTH = (MAX_PARTIAL_ERROR_LENGTH * 2) + ERROR_PARTIAL_SEPARATOR.length;
@@ -158,6 +163,7 @@ export class Worker extends events.EventEmitter {
       body: { doc }
     })
       .then((response) => {
+        this.info(`Job marked as claimed: ${getUpdatedDocPath(response)}`);
         const updatedJob = {
           ...job,
           ...response
@@ -194,7 +200,9 @@ export class Worker extends events.EventEmitter {
       if_primary_term: job._primary_term,
       body: { doc }
     })
-      .then(() => true)
+      .then((response) => {
+        this.info(`Job marked as failed: ${getUpdatedDocPath(response)}`);
+      })
       .catch((err) => {
         if (err.statusCode === 409) return true;
         this.warn(`_failJob failed to update job ${job._id}`, err);
@@ -285,8 +293,7 @@ export class Worker extends events.EventEmitter {
           };
           this.emit(constants.EVENT_WORKER_COMPLETE, eventOutput);
 
-          const formattedDocPath = `/${response._index}/${response._type}/${response._id}`;
-          this.info(`Job data saved successfully: ${formattedDocPath}`);
+          this.info(`Job data saved successfully: ${getUpdatedDocPath(response)}`);
         })
         .catch((err) => {
           if (err.statusCode === 409) return false;
@@ -372,7 +379,6 @@ export class Worker extends events.EventEmitter {
           this.debug(`Found no claimable jobs out of ${jobs.length} total`);
           return;
         }
-        this.info(`Claimed job ${claimedJob._id}`);
         return this._performJob(claimedJob);
       })
       .catch((err) => {