I was told it was the old manager, he said he did the write up but not the compensation. I talked to HR and they told me it wasn't them, it was the old manager that did the compensation (i.e. the last guy I spoke to). One of them is lying. HR was salty about being asked.
Bottom line, I believe they looked at me and saw that I was in a different organization and decided to f*** me give the money to someone else (there is a common pot of money for raises) and there would be no consequences and that now nobody they are all ashamed to admit they did it. nobody will tell me why I didn't get even an average review which cost me a lot of money because they CAN'T tell me why.
Coworkers are not your friends. A few are true friends. Others may seem cordial and supportive (as these people did) but don't count on it.
100% right. I had a co-worker who worked for a different manager but I thought was a friend. Asked him about a job with another company because he was plugged into the market. He told my boss I was looking for another job & the manager confronted me and I denied it. Manager said he believed the other employee and said they were cancelling my $10k training so I took the other employee into a networking closet and we had a coming to Jesus meeting. Ten minutes later, his manager called me into his office & asked me if I used foul language with the weasel which I denied. Valuable lesson on who & what you share with co-workers.