I work for a university and while I think there's some justification for increases in some roles - many universities desperately need internal equivalents of an

I work for a university and while I think there's some justification for increases in some roles - many universities desperately need internal equivalents of an 18F/US Digital service type entity among other things. Other situations are complex - grants/external funding impose substantial administration requirements (while being larger and larger shares of revenue) or require substantial administrative expertise, often require things like outreach programs which PIs don't want to deal with, etc. But at the same time, I think administrative salaries are frequently unconscionable.