In bash scripts (non-interactive) by default JOB CONTROL is disabled so you can’t do the the commands: job, fg, and bg.
Here is what works well for me:
#!/bin/sh
set -m # Enable Job Control
for i in `seq 30`; do # start 30 jobs in parallel
sleep 3 &
done
# Wait for all parallel jobs to finish
while [ 1 ]; do fg 2> /dev/null; [ $? == 1 ] && break; done
The last line uses “fg” to bring a background job into the foreground. It does this in a loop until fg returns 1 ($? == 1), which it does when there are no longer any more background jobs.