This is one of the things academia actually gets right in a lot of institutions (and very wrong in others, of course). But instead of "glue work" the formal nam

This is one of the things academia actually gets right in a lot of institutions (and very wrong in others, of course). But instead of "glue work" the formal name for it is "service"; typically it does carry weight when the time comes for promotion and tenure. The proportion to which it matters of course varies by institution (R1 vs teaching vs regional, etc.), but it's usually documented or presented to candidate hires as x% of your time is expected to be "service work" pre-tenure, the remaining portion is divided between research and teaching. This way, going into it, we at least acknowledge the tremendous necessity of being glue, and also set out to explicitly reward people for doing it. Of course then part of the problem of finding a good fit as a university professor is one that allocates the balance between service, research, and teaching that aligns with your own goals!