This sounds like a familiar story I once encountered in my second job due to office politics. My immediate supervisor promised me a pay increment which was eventually approved. This was December. You can imagine how I had a good Christmas, spending like a king knowing come Jan I had like 50% pay hike. In Jan, after receiving the same pay I went to the supervisor to inquire, to find him also going through the same disappointment. Later on, we discovered his rival counterpart in the marketing department, prevailed upon his uncles who was the CEO to prevent our increments. I immediately started looking for another job and by March that year I was out of that place to a job that paid me almost three times. I vowed never again to work for family owned businesses. So, if you're talking about such like a thing, don't worry. It's a blessing in disguise. God is preparing you for better things to come your way.