For any who have not had a convo -- has your manager spoken to you at all lately? Are they still here? Do they know you're still here? (are you still here?)
Just kidding... that is really cr-ppy. I realize comp decisions are rarely (if ever) in the hands of the manager (HR dictates to us), but that's no reason to dodge the conversation.
If they are a manager, then yea, they have to have The Conversation, even if it's not the message they want to deliver.
That's why they are A Manager!!! (all the rest of us do the actual work, so the least they could do is the administrative work they are expected - and paid - to do.