diff --git a/pkg/resourcegenerator/job/job.go b/pkg/resourcegenerator/job/job.go
index 16f1589e..fe44342e 100644
--- a/pkg/resourcegenerator/job/job.go
+++ b/pkg/resourcegenerator/job/job.go
@@ -119,5 +119,9 @@ func getJobSpec(skipJob *skiperatorv1alpha1.SKIPJob, selector *metav1.LabelSelec
 		Suspend:                 skipJob.Spec.Job.Suspend,
 	}
 
+	// it's not a default label, maybe it could be?
+	// used for selecting workloads by netpols, grafana etc
+	jobSpec.Template.Labels["app"] = skipJob.KindPostFixedName()
+
 	return jobSpec
 }
diff --git a/tests/skipjob/minimal-cron-job/skipjob-assert.yaml b/tests/skipjob/minimal-cron-job/skipjob-assert.yaml
index 479fe19e..e0a494b6 100644
--- a/tests/skipjob/minimal-cron-job/skipjob-assert.yaml
+++ b/tests/skipjob/minimal-cron-job/skipjob-assert.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ kind: CronJob
 metadata:
   name: minimal-cron-job
   labels:
-    app: minimal-cron-job-skipjob
     skiperator.kartverket.no/skipjob: "true"
     skiperator.kartverket.no/skipjobName: minimal-cron-job
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: "skiperator"
@@ -31,9 +30,33 @@ spec:
   successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 3
   failedJobsHistoryLimit: 1
   jobTemplate:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        skiperator.kartverket.no/skipjob: "true"
+        skiperator.kartverket.no/skipjobName: minimal-cron-job
+        app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: "skiperator"
+        skiperator.kartverket.no/controller: "skipjob"
     spec:
       template:
+        metadata:
+          labels:
+            app: minimal-cron-job-skipjob
         spec:
           containers:
             - name: minimal-cron-job-skipjob
               image: "perl:5.34.0"
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: minimal-cron-job-skipjob
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: skiperator
+    skiperator.kartverket.no/controller: skipjob
+    skiperator.kartverket.no/skipjob: 'true'
+    skiperator.kartverket.no/skipjobName: minimal-cron-job
+  ownerReferences:
+    - apiVersion: batch/v1
+      kind: Job
+      controller: true
+      blockOwnerDeletion: true
diff --git a/tests/skipjob/minimal-job/skipjob-assert.yaml b/tests/skipjob/minimal-job/skipjob-assert.yaml
index c519a607..4e012cbe 100644
--- a/tests/skipjob/minimal-job/skipjob-assert.yaml
+++ b/tests/skipjob/minimal-job/skipjob-assert.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ kind: Job
 metadata:
   name: minimal-job
   labels:
-    app: minimal-job-skipjob
     skiperator.kartverket.no/skipjob: "true"
     skiperator.kartverket.no/skipjobName: minimal-job
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by:        "skiperator"
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       labels:
         job-name: minimal-job
+        app: minimal-job-skipjob
         skiperator.kartverket.no/skipjob: "true"
         skiperator.kartverket.no/skipjobName: minimal-job
         app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: "skiperator"
@@ -50,3 +50,19 @@ spec:
         seccompProfile:
           type: RuntimeDefault
       serviceAccountName: minimal-job-skipjob
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: minimal-job-skipjob
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: skiperator
+    batch.kubernetes.io/job-name: minimal-job
+    job-name: minimal-job
+    skiperator.kartverket.no/controller: skipjob
+    skiperator.kartverket.no/skipjob: 'true'
+    skiperator.kartverket.no/skipjobName: minimal-job
+  ownerReferences:
+    - apiVersion: batch/v1
+      kind: Job
+      name: minimal-job